The punishment standard for the crime of fabricating and spreading false information about futures trading: fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and a fine of not less than 10 thousand yuan but not more than 100 thousand yuan. The crime of fabricating and disseminating false information about futures trading refers to the act of fabricating and disseminating false information about futures trading, disrupting the securities and futures trading market and causing serious consequences. According to the first paragraph of Article 181 of the Criminal Law, whoever causes serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan. Article 181 of the Criminal Law Whoever fabricates and disseminates false information that affects securities and futures trading and disrupts the securities and futures trading market, thus causing serious consequences, 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 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan. Employees of stock exchanges, futures exchanges, securities companies and futures brokerage companies, and employees of securities associations, futures associations or securities and futures regulatory agencies who intentionally provide false information or forge, alter or destroy trading records to trick investors into buying and selling securities and futures contracts, thus causing serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan; If the circumstances are especially bad, 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 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan.