1. The starting principal amount of credit card debt is 10,000 yuan, and 9,000 yuan will not lead to jail time;

2. Legal basis: Article 196 of the "Criminal Law" Whoever commits the crime of credit card fraud or theft under one of the following circumstances and commits credit card fraud if the amount is relatively large shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; if the amount is huge or there are other serious If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan. A fine of not less than RMB 10,000 but not more than RMB 500,000 or property confiscation:

(1) Using a counterfeit credit card;

(2) Using an invalid credit card;

(3) Pretending to use other people’s credit cards;

(4) Malicious overdraft.

The term "malicious overdraft" as mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the cardholder's behavior of overdrafting beyond the prescribed limit or within the prescribed period for the purpose of illegal possession and failing to return the card after being called upon by the card-issuing bank.

"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 Obstructing the Management of Credit Cards" Article 6 If a cardholder exceeds the prescribed limit or overdrafts within the prescribed period for the purpose of illegal possession, If the card is still not returned more than three months after being called upon twice by the issuing bank, it shall be deemed a "malicious overdraft" as stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law.

If any of the following circumstances occurs, it shall be deemed as "illegal possession for the purpose" as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 196 of the Criminal Law:

(1) Knowingly not possessing A large amount of overdraft due to the ability to repay the loan cannot be returned;

(2) The overdraft funds are squandered wantonly and cannot be returned;

(3) Escape, change contact information, and evade after overdraft Bank collection;

(4) Escape and transfer funds, conceal property, and evade repayment;

(5) Use overdraft funds to carry out illegal and criminal activities;

(6) Other behaviors of illegally possessing funds and refusing to return them.

A malicious overdraft, if the amount is more than 10,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan, shall be deemed as a "relatively large amount" as stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law; if the amount is more than 100,000 yuan but less than 1 million yuan If the amount exceeds 1 million yuan, it shall be deemed as a "huge amount" as stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law; if the amount exceeds 1 million yuan, it shall be deemed as an "especially huge amount" as stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law.

The amount of malicious overdraft refers to the amount that the cardholder refuses to return or the amount that has not been returned under the conditions specified in the first paragraph. Excludes compound interest, late fees, handling fees and other fees charged by the card-issuing bank.

Criminal liability should be pursued for malicious overdrafts, but if all the overdraft interest has been repaid after the public security organ files the case and before the People's Court's judgment is pronounced, the person may be given a lighter punishment. If the circumstances are minor, the penalty may be exempted. If the malicious overdraft amount is relatively large and all the overdraft interest has been repaid before the public security organ files the case, and the circumstances are obviously minor, criminal liability may not be pursued in accordance with the law