Is it useful to refund money once fraud is filed?

Whether it is useful to refund money once fraud is filed depends on the actual situation. A fraud suspect can return all the stolen money before filing a case, and the amount of fraud is large, so he may not be investigated for criminal responsibility. The crime of fraud mainly refers to the act of fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession to defraud a large amount of public and private property. Explanations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud Article 3 Although swindling public or private property meets the standard of "relatively large amount" as stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, if the perpetrator is under any of the following circumstances, he may not be prosecuted or be exempted from criminal punishment according to the provisions of Article 37 of the Criminal Law and Article 142 of the Criminal Procedure Law: (1) There are statutory lenient punishment circumstances; (2) Before the verdict is pronounced in the first instance, all the stolen money and compensation money have been returned; (three) did not participate in the distribution of stolen goods or less stolen goods and not the principal; (4) the victim understands; (5) Other circumstances are minor and harmless.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud meets the standard of "large amount" stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, but in any of the following circumstances, and the perpetrator pleads guilty and repents, according to the provisions of Article 37 of the Criminal Law and Article 142 of the Criminal Procedure Law, he may not be prosecuted or be exempted from criminal punishment: (1) There are statutory lenient punishment circumstances; (2) Before the verdict is pronounced in the first instance, all the stolen money and compensation money have been returned; (three) did not participate in the distribution of stolen goods or less stolen goods and not the principal; (4) the victim understands; (5) Other circumstances are minor and harmless.