BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have filed corruption charges against a former city official at the center of a sex tape scandal in which developers allegedly hired women to sleep with officials then extort money or favors from them.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday that prosecutors have indicted Lei Zhengfu, formerly Communist Party chief of a district in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, for accepting bribes. The report did not provide details of the charges.

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