Is it illegal to resell mobile phone cards?

Selling calling cards may constitute a crime, which may constitute a crime of infringing citizens' personal information, because calling cards are all registered under real names and may contain the private information of the other party. If the actor resells, it is an act of selling or providing citizens' personal information to others.

The act of reselling telephone cards may be suspected of infringing citizens' personal information, which mainly refers to the serious act of the actor selling or providing citizens' personal information to others in violation of relevant state regulations. The subject of this crime can be either a natural person or a unit.

Reselling real-name mobile phone cards may constitute a crime of infringing citizens' personal information. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Article 253-1 of the Criminal Law: Whoever, in violation of relevant state regulations, sells or provides personal information of citizens to others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides others with personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Whoever steals or illegally obtains citizens' personal information by other means shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.

Reselling a mobile phone card in any of the following circumstances constitutes a crime:

1, mobile phone card information is used by others for crimes;

2. Knowing or should know that others use the personal information of citizens holding mobile phone cards to commit crimes and sell or provide mobile phone cards to them;

3. Reselling more than 50 pieces of personal information contained in the mobile phone card;

4, the illegal income of more than five thousand yuan;

5. The number of people did not reach the standards specified in items 3 to 5, but reached the relevant quantitative standards according to the corresponding proportion.

I hope the above content can help you. If in doubt, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis:

One of the 253rd articles of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides personal information of citizens to others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides others with personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Whoever steals or illegally obtains citizens' personal information by other means shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.

Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.