Legal analysis: Any natural person who commits the crime of illegal business shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to not less than five years. Fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or confiscation of property; if a unit commits the crime of illegal business, the unit shall be sentenced to a fine, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be held criminally responsible in accordance with the law. It can be seen that if an employee is not a perpetrator of illegal business crimes, is not a supervisor or other directly responsible person of the unit involved, and does not participate in illegal business activities, such employees do not need to bear responsibility and do not need to go to jail.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" The following fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, and concurrently or solely a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, shall be sentenced to not less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment and concurrently a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or confiscation of property: (1) ) Operating special items or other restricted items as stipulated in 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 approvals stipulated in laws and administrative regulations documents; (3) illegally operating securities, futures, and insurance businesses without the approval of relevant state authorities, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business; (4) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.