Legal analysis: it may be confiscated, depending on the specific situation. Underground money houses are illegal financial institutions and are not protected. According to Article 3 of the Measures for Banning Illegal Financial Institutions and Illegal Financial Business Activities, illegal financial institutions refer to institutions established without the approval of the People's Bank of China, which engage in or engage in financial business activities such as taking deposits, issuing loans and financing guarantees in disguise. Remittance through underground banks is suspected of money laundering.

Legal basis: Article 191 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) knowingly confiscated the proceeds from drug crimes, organized crimes of underworld nature, crimes of terrorist activities, crimes of smuggling, crimes of corruption and bribery, crimes of disrupting financial management order and financial fraud, and sentenced them to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than five percent but not more than twenty percent of the money laundering amount:

(a) to provide funds account;

(2) Assisting in converting property into cash, financial bills and securities;

(three) to assist the transfer of funds through transfer or other settlement methods;

(four) to assist the remittance of funds abroad;

(5) concealing or disguising the source and nature of the proceeds of crime and their proceeds by other means.