Hainan court concluded a case involving the trading of personal information using cryptocurrency, with the main perpetrator sentenced for illegally selling 82 million pieces of information

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by The Paper, the People's Court of Wenchang City, Hainan Province, recently concluded a case involving the trading of personal information using cryptocurrency. The court's investigation revealed that the defendant Han purchased over 82.24 million personal information records for 500 yuan on QQ in 2021, which included 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 this information through platforms such as QQ, WeChat, and Telegram, and collaborated with courier Wu to obtain delivery transaction information, pricing each record at 1.5 yuan in USDT. He profited 770 yuan by exchanging through a virtual asset trading platform. The court sentenced Han to one year and eight months in prison for infringing on citizens' personal information, and fined him 3,000 yuan. Co-defendant Wu was sentenced to eight months in prison with a one-year and four-month probation and fined 2,000 yuan.