Can telecom fraudsters be convicted if they fail?

Legal analysis: Telecom fraudsters failed to be convicted. The attempted crime requires a prison sentence but will be given a lighter punishment.

Telecom fraud refers to criminals fabricating false information and setting up scams through phone calls, the Internet, and text messages to conduct remote, non-contact fraud on victims, and induce victims to make payments or transfers to criminals. criminal behavior. Telecommunications fraud is a new type of criminal fraud. The country has been punishing it severely and has carried out many special crackdowns and rectifications.

Legal basis: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 266 Whoever defrauds public or private property, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also be sentenced to or A fine shall be imposed alone; 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 particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined. money or confiscation of property. If this law provides otherwise, the provisions shall prevail.