Without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaging in securities, futures and insurance business, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business, under any of the following circumstances:
1. illegally engaging in securities, futures and insurance business, with the amount of more than 300,000 yuan;
2. Illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business, with an amount of more than 2 million yuan;
3. In violation of state regulations, using point-of-sale terminal equipment (POS machines) and other means to directly pay cash to credit card holders by fictitious transactions, false prices, cash return and other means. The amount is more than 1 million yuan, or the funds of financial institutions are overdue by more than 200,000 yuan, or the economic losses of financial institutions are more than 100,000 yuan;
4. The amount of illegal income is more than 50,000 yuan.
Legal basis: 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 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.