According to Deep Tide TechFlow news on December 16, as reported by The Paper, the Wenchang People's Court in Hainan recently concluded a case involving personal information trading using cryptocurrency. Court investigations showed that in 2021, the defendant Han purchased over 82.24 million personal information records for 500 yuan on QQ, including 7.27 million photos of ID cards, 30.69 million vehicle owner information, and 1.07 million bank user information.
In March 2023, Han sold personal information through platforms such as QQ, WeChat, and Telegram, collaborating with courier Wu to obtain express delivery transaction information. He priced each transaction at 1.5 yuan in USDT and made a profit of 770 yuan by exchanging through the Ouyi platform. The court sentenced Han to one year and eight months in prison for violating citizens' personal information rights and fined him 3,000 yuan. Co-defendant Wu was sentenced to eight months of probation for one year and four months and fined 2,000 yuan.
