Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 174 Whoever establishes a commercial bank, a stock exchange, a futures exchange, a securities company, a futures brokerage company, an insurance company or other financial institution without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, 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. Crime of forging, altering or transferring business licenses or approval documents of financial institutions Whoever forges, alters or transfers 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. If a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
Article 175 The crime of usury is aimed at usury, and if the illegal income is relatively large, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. Where a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.
Article 192 The crime of fund-raising fraud refers to illegal fund-raising by fraudulent means for the purpose of illegal possession. If the amount is relatively large, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 205-1 The crime of falsely issuing invoices other than those specified in Article 205 of this Law, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.