Suspected fraud has been filed. Is it necessary to hire a lawyer?

Legal subjectivity:

According to Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law, a criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The responsibility of a defender is to provide materials and opinions on whether a criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, light or relieved of criminal responsibility according to facts and laws, and to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers can provide legal aid to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Ask the investigation organ about the crimes and cases suspected by the criminal suspect, and put forward opinions. Defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Criminal cases are divided into three stages: public security investigation stage, procuratorate examination and prosecution stage and court trial stage. No matter what charges the parties are suspected of, as long as they are not convicted by the court, they cannot be called criminals, so they have no criminal record. Therefore, the best time to invite lawyers to intervene is the public security investigation stage. Because at this stage, the public security organs do not allow family members or relatives to visit, only lawyers can see the parties, and only lawyers can communicate with the case-handling organs to find out whether the parties constitute a crime; What constitutes a crime; Whether the client has been tortured. At this stage, after meeting with the client, the Lawyers Association can basically determine the complexity of the case and whether the client should bear criminal responsibility. If it is minor, you can directly apply for bail pending trial, and you can extort a confession by torture, which is conducive to protecting the client from personal injury. Therefore, it is recommended to hire a lawyer in the public security investigation stage for general criminal cases. After the above introduction, we should know which department to report fraud crimes to. Generally speaking, the crime of fraud is often under the jurisdiction of the public security organ where the crime is committed. Of course, there is a wide range of crime sites here, including the location where the crime occurred and the location where the crime result occurred. Because of the prevalence of online fraud, you can also report the case directly to the local public security organ when you need to report it. After all, this is also where the crime happened. The above is the content of finishing. There are online lawyers. If you have any questions, please feel free to consult.

Legal objectivity:

Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law is the responsibility of a defender to provide materials and opinions on whether a criminal suspect or defendant is innocent or light, or to reduce or exempt his criminal responsibility according to facts and laws, and to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant. Article 33 A criminal suspect or defendant may, in addition to exercising the right of defense, entrust one or two persons as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders: (1) lawyers; (2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs; (3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants. A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender. A person who has been dismissed from public office or has his lawyer's or notary's practice certificate revoked may not act as a defender, except the guardian or near relative of the criminal suspect or defendant.