Recently, there have been quite a few cases of migrant workers being detained and interrogated by prosecutors for giving their personal accounts to fraud groups to cheat and acting as middleman to get paid. Therefore, we would like to remind the migrant workers once again that they should not hand over their personal accounts to others as transfer accounts, or act as middleman of fraud groups, so that they will be jeopardized and be punished by the criminal law of the Republic of China.

 

Here, we would like to remind all migrant workers not to give your bank account to anyone, in the internet, that you do not familiar with.  Besides, if your back account does get involved in the illegal behaviors, you may have high probability to be accused for illegal actions.  Once the accusation against you sustained, he/she will not only lose his/her job, but also be deported after serving his sentence and paying the fine.  

 

A person who by fraud causes another to deliver to him property belonging to such other or to a third person for purpose to exercise unlawful control over other’s property for himself or for a fourth person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or short-term imprisonment; in lieu thereof, or in addition thereto, a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yuan may be imposed.

A person who by the means specified in the preceding paragraph takes an illegal benefit for himself or for a third person shall be subject to the same punishment.

An attempt to commit an offense specified in one of the two preceding paragraphs is punishable.

 

A person who commits the offense of fraud under Article 339 and who has any of the following events shall be sentenced to imprisonment for no less than one year and no more than seven years; in addition thereto, a fine of no more than one million yuan may be imposed:

1. Offense in the name of a government agency or public official without authorization.

2. Offense by three or more persons.

3. Offense by dissemination of false information to the general public through broadcasting TV, electronic communication, Internet or other media.

An attempt to commit an offense specified in the preceding paragraph is punishable.

 

The person initiating, hosting, controlling or directing a criminal organization must be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than ten years; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than TWD 100,000,000 may be imposed; a participant of such criminal organization shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than TWD 10,000,000 may be imposed. Nevertheless, where the level of participation is considered minor, the punishment may be reduced or omitted.

Where public servant or an elected public official from elections commits the offense described in the preceding paragraph, the punishment thereof shall be increased by up to one half.

For the person committing the offense described in Paragraph 1, before the execution of the punishment, he or she shall be committed to a labor establishment to perform compulsory labor for a period of three years.

 

 

We would like to seriously remind migrant workers that "helping others" needs to confirm the one you helped, so as not to turn your goodwill into a tool for criminals to engage in illegal activities. Giving your personal accounts to others has high risk to be accused as a "fraud account".