Security News > 2023 > January > Tencent fired 100 people for corruption during 2022

Chinese web and gaming giant Tencent has admitted it fired more than 100 people in 2022 for various forms of corruption - some so serious it reported them to local police.

Other employees embezzled corporate funds, arranged sham contracts, or solicited goods for personal use from Tencent suppliers.

In all, 23 outside entities were named as having been involved with corrupt dealings at Tencent.

Tencent has over 100,000 employees, so finding around 100 of them were crooked does not suggest widespread corruption.

Last week Tencent reported that its video and news divisions managed to record profits - a pleasing turnaround.

Overnight Tencent video appears to have scored a hit with a live-action adaption of seminal Chinese sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem.

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