Does sending fraudulent information constitute a crime?

Legal analysis: Whoever knowingly helps a fraudster to send fraudulent short messages will be punished as * * *, thus constituting the crime of fraud.

Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud Article 2 Whoever cheats public or private property to the amount specified in Article 1 of this Interpretation may be given a heavier punishment as appropriate in accordance with the provisions of Article 266 of the Criminal Law:

(1) Sending short messages, making phone calls or publishing false information through the Internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines, etc., defrauding an unspecified majority;

(2) defrauding disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief and medical funds and materials;

(three) fraud in the name of disaster relief fund-raising;

(four) defrauding the disabled, the elderly or the disabled;

(5) Causing the victim to commit suicide, mental disorder or other serious consequences.

If the amount of fraud is close to the standards of "huge amount" and "extremely huge amount" as stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, and it falls into one of the circumstances as stipulated in the preceding paragraph or belongs to the ringleader of a fraud group, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" and "other particularly serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law respectively.

Article 7 Whoever knowingly provides credit cards, mobile phone cards, communication tools, communication transmission channels, network technical support, fee settlement and other assistance shall be punished as * * *.