Legal basis: the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud.
Article 1 Whoever swindles public or private property in an amount of over 3,000 yuan, over 30,000 yuan, over 100,000 yuan and over 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "large amount", "huge amount" or "especially huge amount" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law respectively. 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 2 Whoever defrauds public or private property to the amount specified in Article 1 of this Interpretation, under any of the following circumstances, may be given a heavier punishment according to the provisions of Article 266 of the Criminal Law:
(1) Cheat an unspecified majority by sending short messages, making phone calls or publishing false information through the Internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines.
(2) defrauding disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief and medical funds and materials.
(3) committing fraud in the name of disaster relief donations.
(four) defrauding the disabled, the elderly or the disabled.
(7) Causing the victim to commit suicide, mental disorder or other serious consequences. If the amount of fraud is close to the standards of "huge amount" and "extremely huge amount" as stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, and it falls into one of the circumstances as stipulated in the preceding paragraph or belongs to the ringleader of a fraud group, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" and "other particularly serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law respectively.