Whether stealing money constitutes a criminal offence depends on the amount of theft. According to the judicial interpretation of theft, if the amount of stolen property reaches more than 1000-3000, it belongs to a case with a large amount of theft and can be investigated for criminal responsibility.
And if there are the following circumstances, even if the amount is not large, criminal responsibility can be investigated:
1, a person who has been criminally punished for theft and then steals.
2. Theft for many times within one year and administrative punishment.
3. Theft during special events such as natural disasters.
4, theft of patients, widowed elderly and other personnel and property.
5. Serious consequences are caused by theft.
Article 49 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law? Theft, fraud, looting, looting, extortion or intentional damage to public or private property shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and a fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan.
Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or commits multiple thefts, burglary, theft with weapons or pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Article 265? Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, steals another person's communication lines, copies another person's telecommunication code number, or knowingly uses the stolen or copied telecommunication equipment and facilities shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 264 of this Law.
Article 1 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft? Theft of public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan but less than 3,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan and more than 300,000 yuan but less than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law.
The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and the situation of social security, determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
If theft is carried out on cross-regional public transport and the location of theft cannot be verified, it shall be determined that the amount of theft has reached "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" according to the relevant amount standards determined by the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the case is accepted.
Stealing contraband such as drugs should be treated as theft and punished according to the seriousness of the case.
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Through the above analysis, whether stealing money constitutes a criminal offence is related to many factors, the most important of which is the amount of stolen money. If the stolen amount reaches a large extent, it constitutes a criminal offence and should be investigated for criminal responsibility.