Missing Chinese Actress Fan Bingbing Fined $70 Million in Mysterious Tax Evasion Case

Fan Bingbing, one of China's most popular entertainers, has been fined nearly $70 million for tax evasion, state media reported Wednesday in the first official announcement about the actress since she mysteriously disappeared in early July.

Fan was ordered to pay "hundred of millions" of yuan, Xinhua reported, without further details.

Reuters, citing Chinese state media, said the actress' fines totaled 479 million yuan ($69.