The Criminal Law Regulation on the Manipulation of Securities Market Behavior through Scalping trading
The information-based manipulative trading,which is known as scalping trading,significantly impedes the normal flow of capital and disrupts the operational mechanism of the securities market.Due to the vague regulatory boundaries and inadequate coordination between administrative and criminal laws,in legal practice,it is reflected that there are abundant administrative measures but relatively insufficient criminal measures.To appropriately penalize the"scalping"manipulative trading in the securities market,such behavior should be recognized as a violation of the order of securities market management,and as a consequence,be governed by criminal laws.The public release of securities investment information and the use of such information for reverse trading should be regarded as the core illegal elements of scalping trading and the information-based manipulative market behavior.Simultaneously,at the substantive level,"serious circumstance"should be fully considered as a factor of the offense so that the threshold of the offense could be accurate.And at the procedural level,the transfer of the case should be strengthened so that the replacement of criminal punishment by administrative fines could be avoided.
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