TCC Green Energy blasts senior executives for demanding bribes and intimidation, laundering money and sending it overseas! 3 officials were prosecuted for embezzling more than 70 million yuan

Taiwan Cement Corporation invested in a 100%-owned Taiwan Cement Green Energy subsidiary, and it was revealed that three company officials were involved in intimidation, extortion of money from manufacturers, extortion of high kickbacks, and money laundering. The Tainan District Prosecutor's Office found that three people, the special assistant to the general manager of Tainan Green Energy, named Zhuang, the project manager named Wang, and the deputy manager named Xie, had received a total of more than NT$70 million in kickbacks and intimidation payments. The three people were charged with breach of trust, extortion of money through intimidation, and money laundering. The special assistant named Zhuang continues to be detained.

The Southern Inspection and Quarantine Investigation Bureau pointed out that three people of TCC Green Energy Company, namely the special assistant to the general manager surnamed Zhuang, the project manager surnamed Wang, and the deputy manager and construction site director surnamed Xie (all three are male, and both Wang and Xie have posted bail) have the authority to review the bidding of manufacturers participating in the TCC Green Energy solar photovoltaic case site or the payment acceptance of suppliers.

The three of them took advantage of this authority to commit crimes such as breach of trust, money laundering or intimidation. From 2022 to 2025, Zhuang Nan, as the special assistant to the general manager, threatened a subcontracted manufacturer at the Yizhu case site, saying, "If he does not cooperate with the payment, NT$15 million, and may not be able to obtain project funds in the future." As a result, the manufacturer was forced to agree to pay NT$5 million in three installments to Zhuang and other three people (the manufacturer actually paid NT$1.8 million upfront, and the balance of NT$3.2 million was not delivered).

Zhuang, Wang, and Xie also helped establish stricter review standards to help a manufacturer win the bid in the Yizhu case. The subcontractor named Zhang then hid the rebate fee and raised it as the project cost before bidding. After winning the bid, the manufacturer paid the rebate fee in installments, totaling 29.9 million yuan, to be divided among the three defendants Zhuang, Wang, and Xie.

In order to cover up the crime of accepting kickbacks from the above-mentioned manufacturer named Zhang, Zhuang Nan also forged false labor contract contracts with his lawyer surnamed Huang and the manufacturer surnamed Zhang to conceal the source of criminal proceeds.

Zhuang, Wang, Xie and others assisted in establishing stricter review standards, and then escorted the same manufacturer in Yizhu case and Longjiang case to win the bid. The manufacturer or the agent with the same surname each concealed the rebate fee as a quotation for solar module purchase and then bid, and gave the bid after winning the bid. He paid kickback fees of US$270,831, US$90,321, and US$985,370 (these three parts of the US dollar are converted into approximately more than NT$42.9 million) to the two defendants surnamed Zhuang and Wang, and concealed the source of the criminal proceeds by remitting them to overseas accounts. In total, the three defendants, Zhuang, Wang and Xie, demanded bribes and threats from manufacturers, totaling more than 70 million yuan.