Those who have traded USDT know that exchanges do not impose restrictions on the buying and selling prices of U. Some merchants have very low purchase prices and very high selling prices. For example, when the normal market fluctuates around 7.3, they might buy at 7.1 and sell at a price above the market price, possibly as high as 7.5. In one round trip, the profit margin could be 30-40 cents, which is significantly lower or higher than the exchange rate of RMB to USD.
Some say this is market behavior, but once fraudulent funds are involved, what legal issues may arise? In cases involving criminal offenses related to virtual currencies, law enforcement will not directly convict you or detain you based solely on your trading of virtual currencies; rather, they will examine whether there are any issues with your transactions.
A common comparison is that if you treat your deposits and withdrawals at the exchange as normal transactions and then transfer offline as cash transactions, it may seem abnormal. During the C2C order matching process, there is usually a chat window, and at the very least, you have WeChat conversations. However, if you use an overseas chat application, the authorities may view your trading behavior as suspicious.
Returning to the main point of discussion, if the prices you set for your orders are too high or too low, deviating significantly from normal prices, once you are associated with fraudulent funds, it will be presumed that you knowingly received those funds, which could lead to detention. All criminal cases involving virtual currencies are reviewed by legal authorities to see if there are any abnormal behaviors, and if so, they will agree to detain you.
According to judicial interpretations of aiding and abetting crimes or concealment crimes, prices that are abnormally low compared to market conditions can be presumed to indicate your subjective knowledge. In other words, the price difference you set for your orders after receiving illicit funds will become a key factor against you.