What should I do if I am caught cheating? Is it useful to hire a lawyer?

1. What if fraud is caught? Is it useful to hire a lawyer? It is useful to hire a lawyer when you are caught cheating. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders, and defense lawyers can provide legal assistance to criminal suspects during the 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. Second, what is the crime of fraud? The crime of fraud (Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)) refers to the act of fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession, and defrauding a large amount of public or private property. 1, the object of this crime is the ownership of public and private property. Some criminal activities, although they also use some deception and even pursue some illegal economic interests, are not or are not limited to the ownership of public and private property. So it does not constitute fraud. For example, abducting and selling women and children is a crime of violating personal rights. The object of the crime of fraud is limited to the property of the state, the collective or the individual, and no other illegal interests may be defrauded. Its goal should also exclude loans from financial institutions. Because article 193 of the criminal law has specifically stipulated the crime of loan fraud. 2, objective elements This crime is objectively manifested in the use of fraud to defraud a large number of public and private property. 3. Subject Elements The subject of this crime is a general subject, and any natural person who has reached the legal age of criminal responsibility and has the ability of criminal responsibility can constitute this crime. 4. Subjective elements This crime is subjectively manifested as direct intention and has the purpose of illegally occupying public and private property. Only by meeting the above conditions can it constitute a crime of fraud. You can analyze and judge according to your own situation, and ask a criminal defense lawyer to defend innocence or misdemeanor. Third, is it useful to hire a lawyer for fraud? It must be useful. After criminal detention, it enters the stage of criminal investigation. According to Article 33 of the newly revised 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. Article 35 A defender shall, according to facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of a criminal suspect or defendant, and safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant. Article 36 A defense lawyer may provide legal aid to a criminal suspect 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. Article 37 A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant 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. As long as a person is suspected of any crime, as long as he is not convicted by the court, he cannot be called a criminal, so he has no criminal record. Therefore, the best time to invite a lawyer to intervene is the public security investigation stage, because at this stage, the public security organs are not allowed to let family members or relatives visit, and only lawyers can see people. Does this person constitute a crime? What crime? Was the client 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. When arrested for committing fraud, you can entrust a lawyer to defend yourself, and the defender can only be entrusted by a lawyer during the investigation of the case. Professional lawyers will collect evidence and defend clients in all aspects of the case. This process needs the cooperation of the rights of the parties and their families, which can effectively reduce the punishment to a certain extent.