1. Franchisees can negotiate with franchisees first and ask them to refund the franchise fee.
2. If negotiation fails, if the franchisee has a formal business license, it can complain to the local administrative department for industry and commerce and ask the industrial and commercial department to help solve it.
3. If the administrative department for industry and commerce can't solve it, the cheated person will report the case to the public security organ and sue the franchisee in court.
How to punish joining fraud;
Interpretation of the "two highs" on the specific application of law in handling criminal cases of fraud Article 1
Those who defraud public or private property in an amount of more than 3,000 yuan but less than 10,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan but more than 100,000 yuan and more than 500,000 yuan are respectively deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law.
The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in combination with the economic and social development of the region, jointly study and determine the specific amount standards implemented in the region within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph, and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for the record.
Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.
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