Jiangsu Fortune Telling Cheats _ Jiangsu Fortune Teller

According to the law, is fortune telling a fraud?

Legal analysis: Anyone who swindles fortune-telling for more than 3,000 yuan is guilty of fraud and should be convicted and sentenced according to the amount of fraud.

1, whoever defrauds public or private property worth more than 3,000 yuan but less than 10,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined;

2. Whoever defrauds public or private property worth more than 30,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and fined;

3. Whoever swindles public or private property for more than 500,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Legal basis: Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

If the crime of fraud defrauds public or private property, and the amount is relatively large, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he 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 is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 1 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud.

Those who defraud public or private property in an amount of more than 3,000 yuan but less than 10,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan but more than 100,000 yuan and more than 500,000 yuan are respectively deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law.