Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Impairment of Credit Card Management.
Article 12
In violation of state regulations, paying cash directly to credit card holders by means of fictitious transactions, false pricing, cash return, etc. by means of point-of-sale terminal equipment (POS machines). If the circumstances are serious, he shall be convicted and punished for the crime of illegal business operation in accordance with the provisions of Article 225 of the Criminal Law. If the amount of the act mentioned in the preceding paragraph is more than100000 yuan, or the funds of financial institutions are overdue by more than 200000 yuan, or the economic losses of financial institutions are more than100000 yuan, it shall be deemed as "serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 225 of the Criminal Law; If the amount is more than 5 million yuan, or fails to return the funds of financial institutions1000000 yuan within the time limit, or causes economic losses of financial institutions of more than 500,000 yuan, it shall be deemed as "the circumstances are particularly serious" as stipulated in Article 225 of the Criminal Law. If the cardholder maliciously overdraws in the above way for the purpose of illegal possession and should be investigated for criminal responsibility, he shall be convicted and punished for credit card fraud in accordance with the provisions of Article 196 of the Criminal Law.
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 225
Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations; (three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business; (four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.