Providing technical support or assistance to others who knowingly use information networks to commit crimes, and if the circumstances are serious, they shall be punished. Offenders will be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other responsible personnel will be punished. At the same time, if these acts also constitute other crimes, they shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.
Article 287 bis of the Criminal Law
The crime of helping information network criminal activities is provided for others with technical support such as Internet access, server hosting, network storage and communication transmission. Commit crimes for them, or provide assistance in advertising promotion, payment and settlement. 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 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.
Legal basis:
Interpretation of the Higher People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on several issues concerning the application of law in handling criminal cases of extortion;
Article 2 Under any of the following circumstances, the standard of "large amount" may be determined according to 50% of the standard stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation:
(1) Having received criminal punishment for extortion;
(2) Having received administrative punishment for extortion within one year;
(three) blackmail minors, disabled people, the elderly or people who have lost the ability to work;
(4) Threatening to extort money by committing crimes that endanger public security, such as arson and explosion, or crimes that seriously violate citizens' personal rights, such as intentional homicide and kidnapping;
(five) extortion in the name of evil forces;
(6) extorting money by using or pretending to be a staff member of a state organ, a soldier, a reporter and other special identities;
(7) Causing other serious consequences.