Do fraud victims need lawyers?

Legal analysis: If you just want to get the cheated money back, you generally don't need it. Just contact the public security organ with the result of the case. If you have other needs, you can find a lawyer. As a victim of a criminal case, you have the right to hire a lawyer. You can decide whether to hire a lawyer to intervene according to your own needs, and the civil part can hire a lawyer to claim compensation.

Legal basis: Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) defrauds public or private property, and if the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or 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.