Recently, I attended a dinner with friends in the judicial circle and discovered a terrifying trend. In the past, cases that were most often judged as 'aiding and abetting' in off-market transactions now directly skip the minor offenses and go straight for 'concealment crimes'! This operation is equivalent to 'fines turning into jail time', with sentences doubling directly. Who wouldn't say, 'ridiculous but deadly'?
First, let me explain the logic to everyone. Don't just panic; understanding the logic will prevent you from dying without knowing why:
Why was there so much aiding and abetting crime in the past? Because the thresholds were clear! How many payment channels and how large a transaction volume were enough, with clear standards. Many small traders think, 'I only receive a few tens of thousands, with few channels; aiding and abetting crimes won't look at me,' and secretly rejoice, 'I've escaped a disaster.'
But now the winds have changed! In the latest judicial practice, the threshold for aiding and abetting has been raised directly — simply put, what used to be 'within reach' is now 'out of reach'. But don't think this is a good thing! Aiding and abetting looks down on you, concealment crimes directly 'take over', this wave belongs to 'dimensionality reduction strikes' followed by 'precise strikes', it's harsher than before!
Here's the key point: concealment crimes don't care how small your transaction volume is or how many channels you have! They focus on two points, hitting one is dangerous:
Are the funds you received 'problematic funds'? Don't use 'I was unaware' as a shield! In case logic, 'as a practitioner in the crypto space, you should know that unidentified funds cannot be touched'; this wave comes with 'industry identity carrying responsibility';
Are you giving the funds an 'invisibility cloak'? For example, receiving money and immediately buying U, then transferring it across platforms and multiple accounts, this operation in the eyes of investigators is equivalent to 'personally washing the dirty money', directly solidifying 'helping with the transfer'!
Let's calculate a 'freedom account': the maximum penalty for aiding and abetting is 3 years, at most it's 'going in to reflect'; serious concealment can lead to 3-7 years, this is 'a pause button on life'! Friends who used to think 'small amounts are fine' are now dancing with a bomb, the threshold for aiding and abetting has increased, it's not a green light for you, it's letting serious crimes directly 'take the fall', this operation is too extreme!
Don't think 'I only trade occasionally' is fine! Last week, I heard a friend say that a fan was convicted of concealment just because they received an unknown fund of 20,000 and immediately bought U to transfer it away, and now they are still going through the process, with no place to cry!
