1. What is the role of lawyers in Internet fraud cases?
Although the penalties for Internet telecommunications fraud have not yet been determined, it is helpful to retain an attorney. The Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that during the first interrogation by the investigative agency, the parties have the right to entrust a lawyer to defend themselves.
1. Entrusting a lawyer in a timely manner will help the lawyer understand the case situation and better formulate a defense strategy, which is very helpful in mitigating or avoiding penalties.
2. After entrusting a lawyer, you can meet with the client. The client can entrust the lawyer to contact the family members to let the family members understand the circumstances of the client's detention.
3. Lawyers can collect evidence related to the case, and can also consult case files and provide legal advice to the client to persuade the client to abandon the lawsuit.
Although the case has not been sentenced, it is not a big deal to hire a lawyer. Lawyers will provide necessary assistance to clients based on their professional legal knowledge, which is very helpful in safeguarding the interests of clients.
Second, is it useful to report online fraud?
1. First of all, it needs to be clear that in case of online fraud, calling the police is definitely more effective than not calling the police;
2. If the amount of fraud has reached the filing amount, the public security agency will file a case against you. ;
3. If the amount of fraud does not reach the filing amount, the public security organ will report the crime to the police and register it. If there are other victims, the public security organs will open a case for investigation based on the circumstances of the case, the amount involved, and the scope of the case.
Internet fraud refers to the behavior of using the Internet to fabricate facts or conceal the truth for the purpose of illegal possession, and to defraud large amounts of public and private property. The main difference between online fraud and general fraud is that online fraud is fraud that uses the Internet, and fraud that does not use the Internet does not belong to online fraud.
3. What is the sentencing standard for Internet fraud?
1. Whoever commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also or solely be fined;
2. If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, The person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined;
3. If the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or his property shall be confiscated. .
To sum up, after an online fraud suspect is arrested, he should retain a lawyer as soon as possible. Even during the investigation phase, hiring a lawyer is very important to prevent wrongful detention by the police. Moreover, lawyers can collect favorable evidence in the case and strive to give the client a lighter punishment at the final trial. If the amount of online fraud is not large and the circumstances are minor, the offender may be sentenced to probation.