What if you record a video, blackmail or fraud?

If a bad video is recorded, extortion and fraud should be handled by the police. If it is WeChat fraud, the parties should keep the relevant chat records and the other party's relevant information, report the case to the local public security organ in time and describe the fraud process in detail. The police will lock the suspect, try to prevent the suspect from infringing and reduce losses.

Legal analysis

The crime of extortion refers to the act of using intimidation, threats or coercion against the victim for the purpose of illegal possession, and illegally occupying the victim's public and private property. Being threatened with indecent videos and photos, or even posting them online without paying money, the perpetrator used threats, extortion, intimidation and other means to make the victim feel scared and force the victim to hand over his property, which is obviously extortion. If the victim doesn't hand over the property, it's an attempted extortion. If there is no danger to personal and property safety, you can leave it alone. But video extortion is also extortion, suspected of extortion. In order to protect their own interests, they should call the police in time. Whoever extorts a large amount of public or private property or repeatedly extorts 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 and fined.

legal ground

Article 110 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Any unit or individual who discovers criminal facts or suspects has the right and obligation to report to the public security organ, the people's procuratorate or the people's court. Victims have the right to report and accuse criminal facts or criminal suspects who infringe their personal and property rights to public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts. Public security organs, people's procuratorates or people's courts shall accept reports, complaints and reports. If it does not belong to its own jurisdiction, it shall be transferred to the competent authority for handling, and the informant, complainant and informant shall be notified; For those who are not under their jurisdiction and must take emergency measures, they should take emergency measures first and then transfer them to the competent department. Where a criminal surrenders himself to a public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court, the provisions of the third paragraph shall apply.

Decision of the National People's Congress on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 110 is renumbered as Article 135 and amended as: "All units and individuals have the obligation.