It is useful to hire a lawyer for fraud. Lawyers may, according to facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of criminal suspects and defendants, and safeguard their litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests. In addition, defense lawyers can provide legal aid to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; It is certainly useful to apply for changing compulsory measures. After criminal detention, criminal proceedings have entered the investigation stage. According to Article 34 of the newly revised Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), 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 37. 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. Article 38. 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. Article 39 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.
Suggestions are useful for the alleged fraud of hiring a lawyer mentioned in the above question. The above contents are very detailed, for reference only, and should be based on the actual situation.
Legal basis:
Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law
A criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising their right of defense. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:
(1) lawyers;
(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;
(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.
Article 37
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.
Article 38
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.