The crime of aiding the letter is generally investigated for 4-7 months. The crime of helping the letter generally refers to the crime of helping the information network criminal activities. The crime of helping the letter mainly refers to providing technical support such as Internet access, server hosting, network storage and communication transmission. , or provide advertising promotion, payment and settlement, knowing that others use information networks to commit crimes. If the circumstances are serious, he 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 investigation of the following cases cannot be completed within the time limit specified in Article 154 of this Law, it may be extended for two months with the approval or decision of the people's procuratorate of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government:
(1) Major and complicated cases in remote areas with very inconvenient transportation;
(2) Major criminal group cases;
(3) Major and complicated cases of escaping crime;
(four) major and complex cases involving a wide range and difficult to obtain evidence.
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Legal basis: Article 287 bis of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Knowing that others use the information network to commit crimes, providing them with technical support such as internet access, server hosting, network storage, communication transmission, or providing them with assistance such as advertising promotion, payment and settlement, if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or shall only be fined.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs and constitutes other crimes at the same time shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.