China Fines US Due Diligence Firm for Illegal Data Collection
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Chinese authorities imposed fines on US due diligence firm Mintz Group of around $1.5 million for gathering statistics in an illegal fashion.
In a statement, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics said the company violated the law when it conducted 37 projects between March 2019 to July 2022. Mintz engaged in “foreign-related statistics and surveys” without obtaining the proper licenses for such activities, the statement said without elaborating. Mintz didn’t reply to a request for comment.