Che was reported to hold a large stake in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed production company Digital Domain.
[2] Che was said to have purchased – through a series of complex arrangements and financing through debt – the original shares of Haitong Securities and Ping'an Insurance in a case that not only implicated his father-in-law Dai Xianglong, but also was linked to the family and associates of then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Che was said to have leveraged various shell companies based in the British Virgin Islands to perform complex corporate maneuvers.
He relied on support from former state intelligence official Ma Jian, who was introduced to Che by another renowned business mogul Guo Wengui; it was said that Che helped inject some 600 million yuan of cash to Guo's fledgling investments and the two became good friends.
[3] It was said that the Ma Jian case opened way for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to investigate Che.