Focus Media Information Technology, formerly Focus Media Holding, is a Chinese company which operates out-of-home advertising in China which consist predominantly of digital signage screens and claims to own the country's largest Internet

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Alleged fraud

In November 2011,

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reported massive fraud and corruption within the company. Focus denied the allegations. The company was subsequently taken private by a private equity consortium in May 2013.

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