Legal basis: Article 181 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), employees of stock exchanges, securities companies, securities industry associations or securities management departments who intentionally provide false information or forge, alter or destroy trading records to trick investors into buying or selling securities, 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; If the circumstances are especially bad, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years. And impose a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, 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 five years or criminal detention.