Details of the arrest of the former CEO of Ele.me have been exposed, with 40 million yuan in stolen money hidden in a rental house.

On July 24th, according to the Shanghai Economic Investigation Division (ECID), the Shanghai police reported a case of a senior executive of an internet company in Shanghai receiving commercial bribery. Seven suspects involved in bribery and corruption were arrested, with the amount involved exceeding 40 million RMB. The "vice president of a Shanghai internet company mentioned in the police report, referred to as Mr. Han, is actually Han Liu, former logistics manager at Ele.me. After being reported by Ele.me for suspected criminal activities in June this year, he was handed over to the police. The investigation showed that since July 2023, Han and two others conspired to use their authority in managing logistics and determining supplier access, removal, evaluation, and subsidy distribution to help multiple suppliers obtain logistics and delivery business qualifications in dozens of large and medium-sized cities. They then aggressively collected bribes from suppliers such as Mr. Liu, and even demanded a share of profits according to the situation. In less than two years, Han and the other two suspects received bribes from suppliers more than 30 times, totaling over 40 million RMB.