Information on illegal fund-raising 202 1 Prevention of illegal fund-raising.

1. Definition of illegal fund-raising: "Illegal fund-raising" refers to the act that a unit or individual raises funds from the public by issuing stocks, bonds, lottery tickets, investment fund securities or other creditor's rights certificates without the approval of the relevant departments in accordance with legal procedures, and promises to repay the principal and interest to investors in cash, in kind or in other ways within a certain period of time.

2. Characteristics of illegal fund-raising: The characteristics of illegal fund-raising mainly include the following points:

(1) Absorbing funds without the legal approval of relevant departments or in the form of legal operation;

(2) Publicity to the public through media, promotion meetings, leaflets, mobile phone messages, etc.

(3) Commitment to repay the principal and interest or pay the return in the form of currency, material object and equity. In a certain period of time;

(4) Absorb funds from the public, that is, unspecified objects in society.

3. Characteristics of illegal fund-raising in the field of Internet finance

(1) The trend of specialization is obvious. Some illegal organizations and individuals engage in internet finance business under the pretext of catering to national policies, and rely on specific projects and online investment targets to package professional and standardized contract texts and business processes, which is extremely confusing and increases the difficulty for investors to identify.

(2) New ways of illegal fund-raising emerge one after another. Some lawless elements illegally raise funds under the guise of "Internet financial innovation" such as token issuance financing (ICO) and various virtual currencies. Shantou is more novel and hidden.

(3) Combination of online promotion and offline promotion. Some illegal fund-raising platforms develop personnel to join through online speculation and offline store promotion, and quickly collect money in a short time. Due to the large number and dispersion of investors, once there is a problem with the platform, it is difficult for investors to recover their funds.

(4) "Long out" to avoid regulatory attacks. Some people involved in illegal fund-raising evade domestic regulatory attacks by hiding abroad, renting overseas servers to build online fund-raising platforms, and illegally transferring funds involved abroad, which makes it more difficult to detect cases.