A seventy-year-old man commits the crime of theft, the judicial authorities will be criminally punished. Generally sentenced to less than three years of fixed-term imprisonment, detention or control, and or a single fine; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, sentenced to more than three years or less than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine; the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, sentenced to more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment and a fine or confiscation of property.
Legal basis:
Article 264 of the Criminal Law
Theft of public or private property, the amount of which is larger, or repeated theft, burglary, theft with a murder weapon, pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention, or control, and a fine or a single fine; the amount of a huge amount or other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and a fine. The amount is particularly large or there are other particularly serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, and shall be punished by a fine or confiscation of property.
Article 49 of the Law on Punishment for Public Security Administration
Anyone who steals, swindles, coaxes, snatches, extorts or intentionally destroys public or private property shall be sentenced to detention of not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may be fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are aggravated, he or she shall be sentenced to detention of not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may be fined not more than 1000 yuan.