Chinese Programmer Fined Three Years' Salary for Working for Overseas Company Using VPN

[CIA Mole]

https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/16qzbil

A Chinese programmer who was working for an overseas software company while circumventing the Great Firewall has found himself on the wrong side of the law. The programmer, who was employed from 2019 to 2022, was actively engaged in coding tasks on GitHub, addressing user queries on support platforms, and even conducting remote work via Zoom.

However, his work beyond China's internet restrictions didn't go unnoticed. The local authorities in ChengDe stepped in and deemed the programmer's earnings of 1,058,000 RMB as "illegitimate income." As a result, he was slapped with a 200 RMB fine and had the substantial sum of 1,058,000 RMB (144,991 USD) confiscated as "proceeds of illegal activities."

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[Paitoo]

State should not be so vindictive on individuals. They should have levied tax and penalty and let him off with a warning.

 

[Kuru]

@etylo @beijingwalker
Will you guys come to this thread and call it a fake news, propaganda and lie? Or do you want me to do the honors?

 

[Haldorss]

The Chinese coder was being shoveled bribery money by usa to soften him up. Deserved 100%

 

[VkdIndian]

Will you guys come to this thread and call it a fake news, propaganda and lie? Or do you want me to do the honors?

In response they would post picture related to cows.

 

[JSCh]

Plenty of youtuber made money by using approved VPN channel.

I think confiscated his earning seem a bit harsh, but the law probably treat this as similar to cross border summugling, and we don't know the details like if he/she involved in activities that could be viewed as illegal like evading tax, wire fraud or money laundering.