Brush list refers to people who help online sellers improve their reputation and make profits from it. The act of brushing a bill involves many interests such as e-commerce platform, sellers, customers and so-called intermediary companies. This new social phenomenon does not belong to the vacuum of legal supervision, so it is obvious that this kind of behavior is illegal.
According to Article 225 of the Criminal Law, anyone who violates the provisions of the state and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also 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) without permission, the franchise, monopoly of goods or other goods restricted by laws and administrative regulations;
(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;
(3) illegally engaging in securities, futures or insurance business without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state;
(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.
According to the provisions of Article 20 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if an operator violates the provisions of Article 8 of this law by making false or misleading commercial propaganda on his goods, or by organizing false transactions to help other operators make false or misleading commercial propaganda, the supervision and inspection department shall order him to stop the illegal act and impose a fine of more than 200,000 yuan and less than 1 million yuan;
If the circumstances are serious, a fine ranging from/kloc-0 to 2 million yuan may be imposed, and the business license may be revoked. Operators who publish false advertisements in violation of the provisions of Article 8 of this Law shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Advertising Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).