CoinVoice has learned that, according to Legal Daily, a man named Deng Gang (pseudonym) was entrusted by his nephew Deng Dawei (pseudonym) to collect virtual currency transaction payments at a designated location, but was threatened by the buyer Wang Qiang (pseudonym) with a knife. Deng Gang was forced to notify Deng Dawei to transfer over 40,000 virtual coins to the other party. So, does the behavior of the suspect Wang Qiang constitute extortion or robbery?
On November 4, (Law and Governance Weekend) reporters learned from the People's Procuratorate of Jianghan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province that the defendant Wang Qiang was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for extortion and concealing criminal proceeds in the first instance. After the Jianghan District Procuratorate filed a protest with the higher court, the second-instance court accepted the prosecution's charges and determined that Wang Qiang constituted robbery. He was sentenced to a combined imprisonment of eleven years and six months for robbery and concealing criminal proceeds, along with a fine; this judgment is final. [Original link]