Family, the real situation of USDT over-the-counter trading recently may be more severe than you think — what used to be considered 'stepping on mines' is now simply 'stepping on bombs'.
I have been in this industry for ten years, and recently communicating with friends in the judicial circle revealed a key change: many previous over-the-counter trades were classified as aiding information network crime (aiding crime), but now many cases skip the aiding crime and are directly prosecuted for concealing and hiding criminal proceeds (concealment crime).
What does this mean? The cost of illegal activities has escalated from 'fines and reprimands' to 'actual imprisonment', with the maximum sentence rising from 3 years to 7 years.
Why has it changed like this?
The threshold for being charged with aiding crime has recently been raised, and many small, low-frequency trades do not meet the filing standards;
but the concealment crime does not look at trading frequency or volume; as long as the funds are suspected of being criminal, and you participate in the transfer, you may be involved in the case.
The concealment crime focuses on two actions + one identity:
Whether you receive funds of unknown origin (even if you claim 'not knowing', law enforcement may still determine 'should know');
Whether complex operations are conducted (such as immediately buying U after receiving funds, cross-platform transfers), such actions are easily identified as 'aiding in the transfer of stolen funds';
If you are regarded as an 'insider', be careful — judicial authorities may consider you to have a higher obligation to identify risks.
The scenarios where ordinary people are most likely to fall into traps:
Buying and paying on behalf of others for 'exchange rate discounts';
Frequent 'small amount test' transactions;
Using personal cards for receiving and making payments and immediately performing currency-to-currency conversions.
There is a real case: someone was investigated for a 20,000 yuan transfer of unknown origin, quickly buying U and then transferring it out, currently cooperating with the investigation on the concealment crime.
If you want to reduce risks, pay attention to three points:
Verify the identity of the payer to avoid receiving large transfers from unfamiliar accounts;
Avoid immediately transferring to multiple addresses on-chain after a single transaction;
Keep records of transaction communications to respond to potential evidence collection needs.
Over-the-counter trading itself does not violate the law, but once involved in unknown fund flows, the cost of proving one's innocence will be very high. Those who can genuinely engage in this industry for the long term are not competing on how many channels they have, but on the strength of their risk awareness.
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