1. Can a lawyer report the case on his behalf?
The parties may entrust a lawyer to report the case.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 28 A lawyer may engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects in criminal cases, providing them with legal advice, representing appeals and accusations, applying for bail for arrested criminal suspects, accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants or the designation of people's courts, acting as defenders, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, and representing them in litigation;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
2. Can a lawyer report fraud on behalf of the victim?
The victim of fraud can entrust a lawyer to write a complaint or report the case, but the report is usually made by the victim himself, and the lawyer cannot report the case to the public security organ on behalf of the victim.
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 110 Any unit or individual who discovers criminal facts or suspects has the right and obligation to report to the public security organ, the people's procuratorate or the people's court.
Victims have the right to report and accuse criminal facts or criminal suspects who infringe their personal and property rights to public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts.
Public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts shall accept reports, complaints and reports. If it does not belong to its own jurisdiction, it shall be transferred to the competent authority for handling, and the informant, complainant and informant shall be notified; For those who are not under their jurisdiction and must take emergency measures, they should take emergency measures first and then transfer them to the competent department.
Where a criminal surrenders himself to a public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court, the provisions of the third paragraph shall apply.
A party may report a case to the public security organ, or entrust a lawyer as his legal adviser, request legal advice from the lawyer according to the actual situation, answer legal inquiries, write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs, accept the entrustment of the parties in civil and administrative cases, act as an agent, participate in litigation, etc.