On February 27, 2024, the Supreme People's Court held a press conference to announce that the People's Court Case Database was officially launched and open to the public. The public can access it after registering and logging in. The website of the People's Court Case Database is: www.rmfyalk.court.gov.cn, or you can directly click on the "People's Court Case Database" icon on the homepage of the Supreme People's Court official website to enter.
Up to now, the People's Court Case Database has collected a total of 3,711 cases. Lawyer Liu Yang has searched and sorted out all the cases related to virtual digital currency, and sorted out the links of specific cases for easy reference:
1. Search for "Tether" (including USDT), and a total of 3 cases appear, as follows:
1. Feng’s fraud case: the criminal nature of virtual currency
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=WQsjNG%252F5Geoq1Wt7%252FtWZ6S59LLw7SMflVi5wxkebRRE%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%B3%B0%E8%BE%BE%E5%B8%81
2. Chen et al. fraud case: the property attributes of virtual currency under criminal law
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=peRCaVCG%252BSZAwFJHHuHC59CEekoNVstij%252Bv7KMawsLg%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%B3%B0%E8%BE%BE%E5%B8%81
3. The case of Chen et al.’s fund-raising fraud and illegal absorption of public deposits: Determination of the illegal possession purpose of the fund-raising fraud crime
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=78Ha9RqyD%252FATlefPWtI4ia0ci1mwfKjo5LLMIWkz3%252Bo%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%B3%B0%E8%BE%BE%E5%B8%81
2. Search for "Bitcoin" and a total of 7 cases appear, including 5 new cases, as follows:
1. Zhang’s robbery case: Handling of a case in which the victim was forced to buy Bitcoin and then robbed of the Bitcoin and resold it for cash
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=IperRGavUvssdbbK57ghjBtRXdvlbTi2nTPv0vF2GnM%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81
2. Case of a Shanghai company v. a Beijing computing technology company in a contract dispute: Judicial determination of the validity of Bitcoin "mining" behavior
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=Tes%252BImj9P4TrbUyt6%252BlFGA8poNRyuZBddO6ZB%252BohLTI%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81
3. Guiding Case No. 199: Gao Zheyu v. Shenzhen Yunsilu Innovation and Development Fund Enterprise and Li Bin’s Application for Revocation of Arbitration Award
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=6tHz24AAKwT%252F9glY7I9dr7njO5KuoN3SBoIcBBZVryw%253D&lib=zdx&qw=%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81
4. Chen Mouchun’s case of drug smuggling and illegal possession of drugs: The act of smuggling new psychoactive substances controlled by the state constitutes the crime of drug smuggling
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=R5G%252BvRNManXoHqzBxA60bXTH%252Fh0IpWcysbK8yz7Rk%252BM%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81
5. Wang v. Chen Sales Contract Dispute: Validity and Legal Consequences of the “Mining Machine” Sales Contract
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=X0UcRyr0RYqKb6hOnrld6%252Bcxx73EJ0DPwTK%252FqFaaW6U%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81
3. When searching for "Ether", only 1 case appeared, and no new cases appeared.
IV. Searching for “virtual currency” yielded 15 cases, including 9 new cases. The details are as follows:
1. Luo v. Jiangxi Province Ji'an County Development and Reform Commission, Ji'an County People's Government, ordering rectification, administrative reconsideration and regulatory document review: Judicial review of administrative actions to order individuals who engage in virtual currency "mining" to rectify
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=94I8PTvHqemy7zgn3ZIq5JFwA8tLNr1cxQI%252FT0I%252FpC8%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
2. Ding Mouzhong and others illegally absorbing public deposits: Based on the same facts, in the case of criminal and executive competition, the victim should be compensated first
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=zL9FNfGRWHm%252BUzy0E0Dtn4OzjLTRkkN8%252BjZRaakKzdE%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
3. Chen et al.’s case of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds: Determination of “knowingly” assisting in online payment settlement
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=ghLj5wjJyY8oKtulkH%252BwGZCRsOVlLCG04CGwLV9YPZw%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
4. Case of a Shanghai company v. a Beijing computing technology company in a contract dispute: Judicial determination of the validity of Bitcoin "mining" behavior
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=Tes%252BImj9P4TrbUyt6%252BlFGAx5hC8Clmt9vzJky13Veog%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
5. Copyright infringement case of Beijing Technology Co., Ltd. and Huang: Criminal determination of the act of copying and distributing computer software owned by others for profit without the permission of the copyright owner.
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=3lxZiBRPxY%252BPYh9fBqjhfZ34HWlUGtZHJkH8xE5zyOg%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
6. Case of Luo Moumou organizing and leading pyramid selling activities: The defendant's losses from investing funds in organizing and leading pyramid selling activities did not affect the determination of the nature of his behavior.
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=iPmAGOsfHJ%252BkQNhqOn6Jq3dN4kgbsT4efjNHSHRydsw%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
7. Zheng, Peng, and Yang opened a casino: Calculation of the amount of money involved in online gambling
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=8szTyn2Dr3XK5s2gcyifbLwjntfDWPbQ7yYH3Pr50%252BA%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
8. Case of Wang and others opening a casino
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=8xyvnhtkGlvniQac3CIpjd6Ba2Gk6DD90T6AW52OC%252BU%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
9. Han smuggled, sold, transported drugs, raped, and taught criminal methods; Zhang smuggled drugs and raped: not very meaningful
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=vxD1NctpOFIZp9B9jS%252BWn0R%252Fqoh2J%252F6Pv1Tr1TQWz4U%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E8%B4%A7%E5%B8%81
5. Searching for "virtual currency" yielded 8 cases, including 1 new case. The details are as follows:
1. Weng Moumou opened a casino case: Determination of the behavior of "disguised profiteering" in opening a casino using an online chess and card platform
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=JhXmrSocfsGm54zaxzG55kPPvfe9%252FyxBHBMiquBGPlU%253D&lib=ck&qw=%E8%99%9A%E6%8B%9F%E5%B8%81
6. Search for "NFT" (including digital collections), and a total of 1 case appears. The specific situation is:
1. Shenzhen Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd. v. Hangzhou Technology Co., Ltd. for infringement of the right to disseminate information on the Internet: Determination of the liability of the NFT digital work trading network service provider
https://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn/dist/view/content.html?id=XO5boHqsoW%252FR8lIrH84jw32kZRERQTSibFwBWPcqeHE%253D&lib=ck&qw=nft
