1. Whether it is illegal to sell cables depends on the following conditions:

(1) It is not illegal as long as it is from a regular channel;

(2) If the purchase channel is illegal, especially the stolen goods purchased, it is illegal to resell them and will be punished by public security management. If the circumstances are serious, criminal responsibility will be investigated.

2. Legal basis: Article 225th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of illegal business operation violates the provisions of the state and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, and if the circumstances are serious, it 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 for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation 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.

Second, how to be sentenced for stealing and selling cables?

The judgment of stealing and selling cables includes the following contents:

1. Whoever steals or resells cables for profit, steals or enters a house for many times, carries weapons or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined;

2. If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, 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;

3. If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.