'With just a touch of your fingers, you can earn over ten thousand a month, are you tempted?' In the winter of 2023, young man Li came across an ad for 'high-paying part-time work': just provide a virtual currency (USDT, also known as U Coin) trading account, and you can earn a commission based on the transaction flow. Faced with the temptation of 'easy money', he was tempted. However, just two months later, this choice led him to wear handcuffs and stand in court—his provided account was used for telecom fraud, involving an amount as high as 330,000 RMB.

Behind this case is a struggle involving greed, law, and redemption. Today, let's uncover the beginning and end of this 'Assisting Crime' case, see how virtual currency became a tool for money laundering, and how a young man fell into the law due to 'ignorance'...

1. Bait: The 'High-Profit Business' of Virtual Currency Accounts In November 2023, Li met a mysterious 'upstream' on a social platform. The other party claimed, 'You only need to borrow someone else's identity to register an account on the EU platform, and you will get a 5% commission per transaction.' Knowing it might involve illegal activity, but faced with the promise of earning 15,000 RMB, Li chose to take the risk. He found his friend Dong and lied, saying 'the account is for investment', deceiving him into providing his identity information to open an account.

2. Transaction: 680,000 USDT (U Coin) Behind the Black Money Chain In January 2024, Li handed the account over to the 'upstream'. In just three days, the one-way flow of this account reached 680,000 USDT (approximately 4.9 million RMB). These virtual currencies were actually proceeds from fraud: the victim Yang was cheated out of 330,000 RMB through online investment, and the funds ultimately flowed overseas through this account.

3. Arrest: From 'Dream of Wealth' to Tears Behind Bars On July 28, the police identified Li through the virtual currency transaction chain. Faced with interrogation, he broke down and confessed, saying: 'I thought I was just borrowing an account; I didn't expect it would harm others and send them to prison...'

4. Charge Determination: Why does it constitute 'Assisting Information Network Criminal Activities'? According to Article 287-2 of the Criminal Law, knowingly providing technical support or payment settlement assistance to others committing crimes online constitutes this crime. Although Li did not directly participate in the fraud, his provision of an account to assist in the transfer of illicit funds is considered 'serious' (with a flow exceeding 200,000 RMB).

5. Key to Sentencing: The 'Reduction Code' of Pleading Guilty and Returning Illicit Gains From Mitigating Circumstances: After Li was apprehended, he truthfully confessed (which constitutes a confession), voluntarily pleaded guilty, and actively returned 15,000 RMB of illegal gains, meeting the leniency conditions of Article 15 of the Criminal Procedure Law. Basis for Probation: The court considered his status as a first-time offender, his remorseful behavior, and the community correction evaluation, sentencing him to 'one year in prison, with one year probation', reflecting both punishment and the opportunity for reform.

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