Is it illegal to buy virtual currency for others?

Legal analysis: virtual currency trading is illegal, helping others to operate, and may be suspected of illegal business and other illegal and criminal acts, depending on the specific behavior and consequences. If the public security organs take criminal compulsory measures such as criminal detention, it is suggested to entrust professional criminal defense lawyers to intervene as soon as possible, carry out targeted and effective defense work in combination with specific cases and evidence, and strive for a lighter and mitigated punishment, and strive for bail pending trial and probation if certain conditions are met.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and 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 his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (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.