What responsibility does the guarantor bear in fraud cases?

Legal analysis: if you knowingly commit a crime, you should bear criminal responsibility; If you don't know, you should bear civil liability within the scope of debt.

Legal basis: Article 224 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) defrauds the other party of his property for the purpose of illegal possession in the process of signing and performing the contract under any of the following circumstances. If the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, 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:

(1) Signing a contract in the name of a fictitious unit or others;

(2) Mortgaging with forged, altered or invalid bills or other false property rights certificates;

(three) to perform a small contract or part of the contract first, to deceive the other party to continue to sign and perform the contract, and to have no actual performance ability;

(4) After receiving the payment for goods, advance payment or secured property paid by the other party;

(5) defrauding the other party's property by other means.

Article 388 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) establishes a security interest, and a security contract shall be concluded in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other laws. Guarantee contracts include mortgage contracts, pledge contracts and other contracts with guarantee functions. The guarantee contract is a subsidiary contract of the main creditor's rights and debts contract. If the principal creditor's rights and debts contract is invalid, the guarantee contract is invalid, unless otherwise stipulated by law. If the debtor, guarantor and creditor are at fault after the guaranty contract is confirmed to be invalid, they shall bear corresponding civil liabilities according to their faults.