1. Whoever commits the crime of transferring the business license of a financial institution is generally sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and concurrently or solely fined not less than 200,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan;

2. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall be fined not less than 500,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan.

legal ground

Article 174 of the Criminal Law

Those who set up commercial banks, stock exchanges, futures exchanges, securities companies, futures brokerage companies, insurance companies or other financial institutions without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three 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.

Whoever forges, alters or transfers the business licenses or approval documents of commercial banks, stock exchanges, futures exchanges, securities companies, futures brokerage companies, insurance companies or other financial institutions shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.