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Shanghai real estate developer Zhou Zhengyi last week became the latest casualty in what appears to be an ongoing government crackdown on the dubious business practices of China's richest and flashiest. Here's the body count so far:

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Zhou Zhengyi
2002's 11th richest mainlander, according to Forbes magazine, Zhou was the first in Shanghai to own a Ferrari. He and wife Mao Yuping stand accused of loan and stock fraud and tax evasion

Yang Rong
The auto exec allegedly put $60.4 million of the state's money into his family's offshore accounts

Wu Zhijian
Shenzhen entrepreneur nailed by authorities for running illegal taxi operations and forging official documents. Given a 17-year jail sentence in April, Wu is $24.1 million in debt

Mou Qizhong
Will spend life in prison for forging a letter of credit to get a $75 million loan from a state bank

Yang Bin
Flower-seed king, reportedly worth $900 million, was set to head a North Korean free-trade zone until Beijing accused him of invest-ment scams, fraud and bribery. Shares of his company have since fallen by 80%

Liu Xiaoqing
Detained for tax fraud, the former movie star is now doing time in a detention center

Shi Zhenghui
The former president of a Hong Kong-listed mobile-phone distributor was accused of falsifying tax receipts. Arrested in January for failing to pay almost $25 million in taxes

Wang Xuebing
Embezzled and took bribes while Bank of China's chief; kicked out of the Communist Party last year

Zhang Baoxiang
Serving a life sentence for fabricating $23.3 million in tax rebates as general manager at a state-owned cashmere import-export company. The government fined the firm $58 million