Employees send text messages to threaten the company.

Article 274 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the crime of extortion refers to the act of extorting the victim's public or private property by threats or coercion for the purpose of illegal possession. Article 274 of China's Criminal Law stipulates that whoever extorts a large amount of public or private property or extorts it repeatedly shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and fined.