Legal basis: Article 287 bis of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), knowing that others provide technical support such as Internet access, server hosting, network storage and communication transmission. Commit crimes for them, or provide assistance in advertising promotion, payment and settlement. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined.
Article 12 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases such as Illegal Use of Information Networks, knowing that others use information networks to commit crimes and provide help for their crimes, shall be deemed as "serious circumstances" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 287 bis of the Criminal Law:
(a) to provide help to more than three objects;
(two) the payment and settlement amount is more than two hundred thousand yuan;
(three) the use of advertising to provide funds of more than fifty thousand yuan;
(four) the illegal income of more than ten thousand yuan;
(5) Having received administrative punishment for illegally using information network, helping information network criminal activities, endangering the security of computer information system, and helping information network criminal activities within two years;
(six) the crime committed by the object of assistance has caused serious consequences;
(7) Other serious circumstances.