Is cheating marriage a crime of fraud?

Marriage fraud, commonly known as "cheating on marriage", is an act of using marriage as a bait to defraud others of their money. Marriage fraud is often aimed at young and middle-aged people or divorced people who find it difficult to choose a spouse. They cheated the victim of money under the guise of marriage, and then broke up or looked for opportunities to escape on the grounds of emotional discord. There are many kinds of marriage fraud, how to identify them? The crime of marriage fraud is an act of defrauding others of a large amount of property by fabricating facts and concealing the truth, which constitutes a crime. The subject of the crime of fraud is the general subject, and any natural person who has reached the age of criminal responsibility and has the ability of criminal responsibility constitutes the subject of this crime. In judicial practice, marriage fraud and immoral marriage should be distinguished. Whether it belongs to the intention of illegally occupying other people's money from the time of intentional crime; Whether to fabricate facts, conceal the truth and cheat the victim's trust in objective behavior; The property defrauded is the pre-marital property of one party or the property of other people related to the victim; After the incident, refer to the attitude of the victim and consider whether it is necessary to prosecute.

legal ground

Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * defrauds a large amount of public or private property, and 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.