If the business license of the official seal is stolen and the interests of the company are infringed, the company can sue for compensation. At the same time, if another person steals another person's business license to conduct business activities, and the amount reaches the standard of criminal investigation, his behavior violates the provisions of Article 225 of the Criminal Law, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law if he is suspected of illegal business operation. Those who fail to meet the standards of criminal investigation shall be given administrative punishment by the industrial and commercial departments.
What will happen if the business license is fraudulently used?
Consequences of fraudulent use of business license: According to the relevant provisions of China's criminal law, the actor violates state regulations, illegally operates without permission or fraudulently uses another person's business license, disrupting market order, and if the circumstances are serious, it constitutes the crime of illegal business operation. Generally, it will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and will be fined 1-5 times the illegal income; If the circumstances of the crime are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or confiscated.
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Legal basis: Article 225th of the Criminal Law.
Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts 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, or shall only, 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;
(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;
(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.