Legal basis: Article 279 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever pretends to be a staff member of a state organ to swindle and swindle shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. Whoever impersonates the people's police to swindle and cheat shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.