Legal analysis: In violation of national laws, regulations and policies, buying goods in short supply from retail stores or other channels, reselling them at local prices, monopolizing supply, driving up prices and profiteering are serious acts that disrupt the market economic order. According to Article 14 of the Price Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), Article 6 and Article 65438+ of the Provisions on Administrative Punishment for Price Violations, if there is no illegal income, a fine of 6.5438+10,000 yuan and 6.5438+10,000 yuan can be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification. If the operator is an individual and there is no illegal income, the maximum price violation can be fined 65,438+10,000 yuan. Those who monopolize the supply of goods, hoard and profiteer will be punished by informed criticism, price-limited sales, compulsory purchase, confiscation of illegal income, confiscation of sales income, fine, order to suspend business for rectification, and revocation of business license. During the period of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19, he violated the provisions of the state on market operation and price management, drove up prices and made huge profits, seriously disrupted the market order, and the amount of illegal income was relatively large or there were other serious circumstances. According to Item (4) of Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), anyone suspected of constituting the crime of illegal business operation can be sentenced to a maximum of 15 years' imprisonment.

Legal basis: Article 14 of the Price Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall not engage in the following unfair price behaviors: (1) colluding with each other to manipulate market prices and harming the legitimate rights and interests of other operators or consumers; (2) Dumping at a price lower than the cost, excluding competitors or monopolizing the market, disrupting the normal production and operation order, and harming the national interests or the legitimate rights and interests of other operators, except for handling fresh commodities, seasonal commodities and overstocked commodities at reduced prices according to law; (3) fabricating and disseminating information about price increases, driving up prices, and driving up commodity prices too high; (four) using false or misleading price means to trick consumers or other operators into trading with them; (5) Providing the same goods or services and discriminating against other business operators on the same trading terms; (6) buying or selling goods or providing services by raising or lowering the grade, etc., and raising or lowering the price in disguise; (seven) profiteering in violation of laws and regulations; (8) Other unfair price behaviors prohibited by laws and administrative regulations. Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and 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.