Fraud and theft are common crimes in life. However, when committing fraud, it is usually by fabricating some facts to defraud the other party's property. At this time, it can be said that many victims are willing to give their property. Where to report when you find yourself cheated? In other words, to which department should I report fraud? The following small series will give you a detailed answer to this question.
1. Which department should I report fraud?
The crime of fraud is under the jurisdiction of the public security organ in the place where the crime was committed. The place of crime includes the place where the criminal act occurred and the place where the criminal result occurred. The place where the crime occurred, including the place where the crime was committed and the places related to the crime, such as the preparation place, the starting place, the passing place and the ending place; Where the criminal act is continuous, continuous or continuous, the place where the criminal act is continuous, continuous or continuous belongs to the place where the criminal act occurred. The place where the criminal result occurs includes the place where the criminal object is infringed, the place where the criminal proceeds are actually obtained, the place where they are hidden, the place where they are transferred, the place where they are used and the place where they are sold. Domicile includes domicile and habitual residence. A habitual residence refers to a place where a citizen has lived continuously for more than one year away from his domicile.
If the public security organ refuses to file a case in line with the filing criteria, it may submit it to the Investigation and Supervision Section of the local people's procuratorate for handling.
Second, do you need to hire a lawyer for alleged fraud?
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.