Fraud

===Asia===

====China====
In China, according to the [[Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China]], the '''Crime of Fraud''' ({{Lang-zh|s=诈骗罪|labels=no}}) refers to the "criminal act of deceiving and obtaining public or private property."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=中华人民共和国刑法 – 中国人大网 |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/npc/lfzt/rlys/2008-08/21/content_1882895.htm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=The National People's Congress |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505105900/http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/npc/lfzt/rlys/2008-08/21/content_1882895.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to Article 266 of the Criminal Law:<ref name=":1" />

# Those who commit fraud involving a "relatively large amount" of public or private property shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or injunction control with community correction, and may additionally or solely be fined.
# If the amount involved is "large" or there are other serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.
# If the amount involved is "particularly large" or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of over ten years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined or have their property confiscated.

According to the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of the Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud" ({{Lang-zh|s=关于办理诈骗刑事案件具体应用法律若干问题的解释|labels=no}}) issued by the [[Supreme People's Court]] and the [[Supreme People's Procuratorate]] in 2011, for cases of fraud involving public or private property with a value ranging from 3,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan, from 30,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, and over 500,000 yuan, they should be respectively deemed as "relatively large amount," "large amount," and "particularly large amount" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=中华人民共和国最高人民法院 中华人民共和国最高人民检察院 The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China and the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China |date=2011-03-01 |title=最高人民法院 最高人民检察院关于办理诈骗刑事案件具体应用法律若干问题的解释 - 中华人民共和国最高人民法院公报 |url=http://gongbao.court.gov.cn/Details/237391917228c62a82943bc9c9af1c.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=中华人民共和国最高人民法院公报 Gazette of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108115704/http://gongbao.court.gov.cn/Details/237391917228c62a82943bc9c9af1c.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====India====

In India the criminal laws are enshrined in the [[Indian Penal Code]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1569253/|title=Indian Penal Code|work=Indian Kanoon|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412061856/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1569253/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is supplemented by the [[CrPC|Criminal Procedure Code]] and [[Indian Evidence Act]].