More than 500 to 2,000 dollars constitutes a criminal case.
Based on the Criminal Law
Article 264? Theft of public or private property, the amount of larger or repeated theft, shall be sentenced to less than three years of fixed-term imprisonment, detention or control, and or a single fine; the amount of huge or other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to more than three years to less than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine; the amount of particularly large or other particularly serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment and a fine or confiscation of property;
< p>If one of the following circumstances exists, he or she shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty and confiscation of property:(1) theft of financial institutions, the amount of which is particularly huge;
(2) theft of precious cultural relics, the circumstances of which are serious.
"The Supreme People's Court on the trial of theft cases on the specific application of the law on a number of issues of the Interpretation"
Article 3? Theft of public and private property "larger amount", "huge amount", "especially huge amount" standards are as follows:
(a) personal theft of public and private property worth RMB Five hundred yuan to more than two thousand yuan, for the "larger amount".
(B) personal theft of public and private property worth RMB 5,000 yuan to more than 20,000 yuan, the "amount is huge".
(C) personal theft of public and private property valued at RMB 30,000 yuan to more than 100,000 yuan, the "amount is particularly large".
Expanded Information
Theft Criminal Liability
According to the provisions of this article, there are four sentencing ranges for this crime, namely:
1. The person who commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or control, and shall also be sentenced to a fine or a single fine. The so-called "larger amount", according to the "Interpretation" refers to the individual theft of public and private property valued at RMB 500 yuan to more than 2,000 yuan. Theft of value-added tax invoices or other invoices that can be used to fraudulently obtain export tax refunds, tax credits, the starting point for the larger amount of 25.
In addition, according to Article 9, paragraph 1 of the Interpretation, the theft of national third-grade cultural relics shall also be sentenced in accordance with this range of penalties that is, a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, detention or control, and or a single fine. Sentenced to a fine.
According to Article 7 of the Interpretation, shall be sentenced to a fine of 1,000 yuan or more than two times the amount of theft; for the law should be sentenced to a fine, but there is no amount of theft or unable to calculate the amount of theft of criminals, shall be sentenced to a fine of 1,000 yuan or more than 100,000 yuan (the same below).
2. If the crime is committed under aggravating circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years, and shall be sentenced to a fine. The so-called aggravating circumstances, refers to the amount is huge or other serious circumstances. The so-called huge amount, according to the Interpretation, refers to the individual theft of public and private property valued at RMB 5,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan or more.
Theft of value-added tax invoices or other invoices that can be used to fraudulently obtain export tax rebates, tax credits, the starting point of the huge amount is 250. Other serious circumstances refer to other serious circumstances other than the huge amount. According to the Interpretation of Article 6, paragraph 3, the amount of theft to reach the starting point of the "larger amount", and one of the following circumstances, can be recognized as "other aggravating circumstances":
(1) the criminal group's prime mover or **** the same (2) the theft of financial institutions;
(3) the serious harm of roving crimes;
(4) recidivism;
(5) resulting in the death of the victim, mental disorders, or other serious consequences;
(6) the theft of disaster relief, emergency relief, flood control, preferential treatment, poverty alleviation, migrants, relief, medical care money, resulting in serious consequences;
(7) theft of means of production, seriously affecting production;
(8) causing other major losses.
Additionally, according to the Interpretation of Article 9, paragraph 1, the theft of national second-class cultural relics, should also be in accordance with the range of the maximum penalty that is sentenced to more than 3 years to less than 10 years of fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine.
Chinese People's Congress - Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Baidu Encyclopedia - Theft