 On December 6, 2012, the deputy chief editor of "Caijing" magazine, Luo Changping, reported Liu to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.Luo outlined three allegations against Liu Tienan.Luo promptly posted these allegations to his public "Weibo" account; namely, that Liu Tienan faked his academic credentials, that Liu received large kickbacks from businessman Ni Ritao in the overseas bank loan fraud scheme, and that Liu issued death threats to his mistress after the relationship between the two had gone sour.