Criminal cases are filed in different places.

Legal analysis: criminal cases can only be under the jurisdiction of the place where the criminal case occurred, and cannot be filed in different places.

Legal basis: Article 24 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Criminal cases shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the crime was committed. If it is more appropriate to have the case tried by the people's court of the defendant's domicile, it may also be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the defendant's domicile.