A straw platform! The People's Court Daily published an article entitled "Criminal Characterization of Illegal Theft of Virtual Currency". The document even mistakenly wrote USDT as ustd. Was it intentional or out of ignorance?
The case itself is not complicated, that is, Zhang San stole Li Si's virtual currency USDT and sold it for profit.
However, the analysis of the case by the court personnel in the article gives people a chilling feeling, revealing a sense of: "Although I don't understand blockchain and virtual currency, I think you should be sentenced severely!", which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
1️⃣ Court’s opinion 1: USDT is obtained through mining, and the total amount is constant
Many judgments have made the low-level mistake of writing USDT as ustd. Whether stealing other people’s virtual currency should be classified as theft or illegal acquisition of computer system data has been a controversial issue in judicial practice and has not yet been determined.