As an important type of new crime,spiritual pyramid scheme makes participants get great spiritual satisfaction by means of brainwashing and relys on the"voluntariness"of parti-cipants to develop downline and accumulate wealth.At present,the spiritual pyramid scheme de-veplops rapidly and presents many characteristics like tight management structure,stronger hid-den ability,diversified brainwashing methods and socialization of harmful consequences.The management of spiritual pyramid scheme is faced with dilemmas in supervising and identifying,detecting and combating,law regulating,recovering ill-gotten gains and maintaining stability.In this regard,it is necessary to improve relevant legislation,increase supervision,strengthen col-laboration and enhance publicity,in order to eliminate the breeding ground for spiritual pyramid scheme.