Interaction Mechanism of Economic Inequality and New Types of Financial Crimes in the Digital Economy Era and the Path of Legal Governance

Xinnan Cui

doi:10.54254/2754-1169/2025.AB22449

Abstract

This study tackles a research gap by spotlighting emerging economic crimes in the digital economy, diverging from the conventional focus on the link between economic inequality and traditional crimes. Past research frequently delves into how economic inequality correlates with traditional violent offenses, yet it mostly neglects the intricate and highly technical nature of new financial crimes in today’s digital age, such as cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering, and cross-border underground banking. These criminal activities not only widen the wealth disparity and form a negative cycle, but also present major difficulties for conventional legal frameworks. Through analyzing legal governance methods, this study strives to fortify China’s socialist legal system, boost the digital economy’s security risk prevention capacities, and back the modernization of the national governance system and capabilities. This study suggests that economic inequality results in a greater concentration of wealth among the wealthy, depriving the less advantaged of equal access to digital resources and skills. Consequently, the rich, with their superior grasp of digital technology, are more likely to exploit it for criminal ends. These offenses, which differ from traditional financial crimes, involve the use of digital platforms and are thus termed “new types of financial crimes.” In contrast, people with limited digital education are more susceptible to these crimes due to their lack of understanding of how they operate. Overall, the growing level of economic inequality directly drives the emergence of new financial markets.

Keywords: Interaction Mechanism , Economic Inequality , New types of Financial Crimes , Digital Economy Era , Path of Legal Governance

Article Information

Received: 18 April 2025

Published: 24 April 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2754-1169/2025.AB22449

Article Type: Research Article

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Cui,X. (2025). Interaction Mechanism of Economic Inequality and New Types of Financial Crimes in the Digital Economy Era and the Path of Legal Governance. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,157,30-35.

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