I was defrauded online from out of town and reported the case to the local police station. Will the local police station refuse to handle the case because of the trouble of traveling across provinces?

No. Generally, online fraud reports are made at the police station near the victim’s location. People who have been defrauded in other places can also report the case and file it, assist in the investigation, and record statements at the local police station. The police station and other regional police stations cooperate with each other in investigating and solving crimes.

Due to various reasons such as inter-province crossing, the possibility of detecting Internet cases is relatively small and takes a long time, and it is also difficult to recover losses.

"Procedural Regulations on the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs"

Article 15 Criminal cases shall be under the jurisdiction of the public security organ at the place where the crime was committed. If it is more appropriate to have the jurisdiction of the public security organ where the criminal suspect resides, the case may be under the jurisdiction of the public security organ where the criminal suspect resides.

The place of crime includes the place where the crime occurred and the place where the results of the crime occurred. The place where the criminal act occurs, including the place where the criminal act is committed, as well as the place of preparation, starting place, passing place, ending place and other places related to the criminal act; if the criminal act has a continuous, continuous or continuing state, the criminal act is continuous, continuous or continued. All places where crimes occur. The place where the crime results occur includes the place where the criminal object was violated and the place where the proceeds of crime were actually obtained, hidden, transferred, used and sold.

Residence includes the place of household registration and habitual residence. The place of usual residence refers to the place where a citizen last lived continuously for more than one year after leaving the place of household registration.

If laws, judicial interpretations or other normative documents provide special provisions on the jurisdiction of relevant criminal cases, those provisions shall prevail.

Article 18: Criminal cases over which several public security organs have jurisdiction shall be under the jurisdiction of the public security organ that initially accepted the case. If necessary, the case may be under the jurisdiction of the public security organs of the place where the main crime was committed.

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Penalty for Internet Fraud

Interpretations 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 Provisions:

Article 1: Those who defraud public or private property with a value of 3,000 yuan to more than 10,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan to more than 100,000 yuan, or more than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as Article 26 of the Criminal Law respectively. Article 16 stipulates "relatively large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge amount".

Article 2: Anyone who defrauds public or private property up to the above-mentioned amount standards and falls under any of the following circumstances may be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 266 of the Criminal Law:

(1) Fraudulently defrauding an unspecified majority of people by sending text messages and making phone calls, or using the Internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines, etc. to publish false information;

(2) Fraudulent disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood prevention, Preferential care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief, and medical care;

(3) Fraud in the name of raising funds for disaster relief;

(4) Fraud against the disabled, the elderly, or those who have lost their jobs The property of a capable person;

(5) Causing suicide, mental disorder or other serious consequences to the victim.

If the amount of fraud is close to the standards of "huge amount" or "particularly huge amount" stipulated above, and falls under one of the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph or is the leading member of a fraud group, it shall be deemed as a second-tier crime in the criminal law respectively. "Other serious circumstances" and "other particularly serious circumstances" stipulated in Article 166.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Provisions on the procedures for handling criminal cases by public security organs

Reference materials: Supreme People's Procuratorate - Criminal Procedure Law