And China Finance (CHFI) seems to be a subsidiary of the second company up there (Holdings). Barron's wrote in their piece that the floor where those company are supposed to be located is vacant (Rockefeller Center).
I haven't checked any of the latest filings from those companies (BFAR, CNOA, JADA) for how many shares this group is still holding. Just saw briefly that one of them is a 10%+ owner of HYST.
Too bad I don't speak Chinese, would be fun to really look into all of this with people on location.