Zhongxin Finance, June 17. According to the news on the Shanghai Stock Exchange website on the 17th, Guangdong Amethyst Information Storage Technology Co., Ltd. (*ST Amethyst) issued an announcement regarding the company and Henan Lushi Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (Lu's Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.). China Rural Commercial Bank) filed a lawsuit with the Intermediate People's Court of Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, claiming that nearly 100 million yuan of deposits were deducted for no reason.
*ST Amethyst announcement screenshot.
The announcement shows that from April 2021 to February 2022, *ST Amethyst deposited 85 million yuan as a fixed deposit in Lu's Rural Commercial Bank.
On March 20, 2022, Lu's Rural Commercial Bank deducted a total of 75.7585 million yuan from the above-mentioned time deposit certificates for no reason; on March 28, 2022, Lu's Rural Commercial Bank again deducted *ST Zijing's current deposits with the bank for no reason. The account is 22.9254 million yuan.
*ST Zijing said that after the deduction of deposits in violation of laws and regulations, the financial staff of *ST Zijing carried relevant materials in accordance with the regulations of Lu's Rural Commercial Bank, but Lu's Rural Commercial Bank refused to report the loss of UKEY and transfer funds. business.
After repeated negotiations, Lu's Rural Commercial Bank only agreed to transfer about 3.3931 million yuan to the company, and refused to handle the fund transfer business for the remaining about 9.2415 million yuan.
*ST Amethyst pointed out that the above behavior seriously violated the relevant regulations of the banking industry, violated the company's property rights, and caused the company's property and funds to be restricted.
The announcement shows that Lu's Rural Commercial Bank deducted a total of about 98.6839 million yuan of *ST Amethyst deposits, and refused to handle the remaining about 9.2415 million yuan of bank fund transfer business.
Regarding the above unreasonable deduction, refusal to report the loss of bank UKEY and fund transfer, *ST Zijing has repeatedly requested to return and cooperate, but Lu's Rural Commercial Bank has not returned and refused to cooperate.
Therefore, *ST Amethyst filed a lawsuit with the Sanmenxia Intermediate Court, asking the bank to return 108 million yuan (tentatively), and bear the litigation costs and preservation costs.
*ST Zijing said that if the case is successful, the corresponding deposit amount can be recovered in whole or in part, which will have a positive impact on the company's daily business activities; if the company loses the case, the deducted funds cannot be recovered, and funds appear in the relevant accounts. The decrease may cause the company to recognize estimated liabilities and losses, which may cause risks that affect the company's daily and normal operations.
The company is currently unable to estimate the specific impact of the relevant litigation on profit and loss.
According to the announcement of *ST Amethyst, on June 14, 2022, the company received the "Notice of Acceptance of the Case" sent by the Sanmenxia Intermediate Court.
As of the announcement date, the case has been accepted and has not yet been heard.
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