engage in activities related to the provision of payment services, or by obtaining forged documents imprisonment from one to five years. 3. If by committing the crime specified in paragraph 1 of this article, causing damage to others equal to three hundred thousand units or more, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of one to five years. 4. If this crime is committed by an organized criminal group, it shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years. 5. If this crime is committed on behalf of a legal entity and for the benefit of a legal entity, the legal entity shall be punished with a fine of forty thousand units to two hundred thousand units. /This item was added by the law of May 31, 2017./ /This article was amended by the law of January 10, 2020./ Article 18.19. Illegal use of internal information of virtual asset services /This item was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 1. If a person participates in virtual asset trading using insider information that has not been made publicly available to affect the value of virtual assets, or passes on insider information to others, they will be fined in the amount of two thousand seven hundred units to ten thousand units, or the right to travel will be restricted for a period of six months to two years, or six shall be punished by imprisonment from one month to two years. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 2. This crime: /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 2.1. to group; /This clause was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 2.2. If he abuses his official position, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two to eight years. /This provision was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 3. If this crime is committed by an organized criminal group, it shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 4. If this crime is committed on behalf of a legal entity and for the benefit of a legal entity, the legal entity shall be punished with a fine in the amount of ten thousand to eighty thousand units, with the deprivation of the right to carry out certain types of activities. /This provision was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ Article 18.20. Abuse of trading in the activities of virtual assets service providers /This item was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 1. If a virtual asset is falsely traded, or if the price is set artificially, or if a participant or customer is deceived in order to make them participate or not participate in trading, they will be fined in the amount of two thousand seven hundred units to ten thousand units, or the right to travel for a period of six months to two years. restriction, or imprisonment for a term of six months to two years. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 2. If this crime is committed by an authorized official or employee of a virtual asset service provider, or a person who owns five or more percent of the shares of a virtual asset service provider or a legal entity, the punishment shall be from two to eight years. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 3. If this crime is committed by an organized criminal group, it shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twelve years. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ 4. If this crime is committed on behalf of a legal entity and for the benefit of a legal entity, the legal entity shall be punished with a fine in the amount of ten thousand to eighty thousand units, with the deprivation of the right to carry out certain types of activities. /This section was added by the law of December 17, 2021./ Note:- In order to mislead the participants and customers of virtual asset trading as "false trading" as defined in this article, the owner of a specific virtual asset has not changed, but the trade is active, and by pretending that the transaction is active, ordering a sale or purchase price of a specific virtual asset at a close level through collusion , understand the deal.