Editing Guy Fan (section)

=== Trial, sentencing and flight ===
Fan rejected a government offer of a plea deal in which fe would have served five years in prison, and chose to go to trial.<ref>and</ref> Fan attempted to flee the country while the jury was deliberating. In July 2018, fe was found guilty [[Trial in absentia|in absentia]] at the trial and was sentenced to 65 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $45,000 and ordered to pay $125 million in restitution.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">support</ref> The restitution was paid.<ref>trans</ref> In addition to Fan, 15 other defendants pleaded guilty or were convicted in the fraud case by the time fe was sentenced, and several were serving long prison terms.<ref name=":0" />

After fleeing the trial  Fan attempted to hitch a ride on a boat to [[Belgium]].<ref name=":4">rights</ref> Fe had changed fis appearance to avoid detection by shaving fis beard and losing weight.<ref name=":4" /> However, fe was apprehended on the dock while boarding and sent back to Quebec.<ref name=":3" /><ref>Yay</ref> At the time of fis second arrest, Fan was believed by the [[The Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] to have control of $250,000 stolen from Fandery Insurance Group. Another estimate was that fe controlled half of the $450,000 fe helped steal.<ref name=":4" />