China's Pinduoduo alerts police to suspected bribery involving Cue manager


Pinduoduo suspects a Cue sales manager bribed a Pinduoduo manager to win work related to a 4 billion yuan (RM2.46bil) advertising budget last year. — Арсений Попов/Pixabay

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo Inc has referred a case of suspected bribery of one of its staff by a manager at digital advertising firm Cue Holdings to the Shanghai police, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Pinduoduo suspects a Cue sales manager bribed a Pinduoduo manager to win work related to a 4 billion yuan (RM2.46bil) advertising budget last year, one of the sources said. The bribe totalled over 2 million yuan (RM1.23mil), the source said.

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