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Contributed By Han Kun Law Offices
China, a civil law jurisdiction, does not have standalone laws or administrative regulations to counter fraudulent conduct. Rather, provisions on fraudulent conduct are found within different laws and administrative regulations, which provide legal bases for various fraud claims.
Claims to Rescind a Contract or Other Civil Act
Under the Civil Code of the PRC (the Civil Code), one of the elements for a legally effective civil act is the manifestation of true intent. Thus, a victim who is induced by fraud to sign a contract (a civil act) against their true intent can institute a civil action to rescind the contract. In addition to rescission, the victim can also claim against the perpetrator of the fraud for the return of the property fraudulently obtained and/or for compensation for losses so caused. In this instance, the victim may make the same claims against the contract counterparties even if they are not the perpetrator. If a third party fraudulently induces the victim to enter the contract, the victim may still make successful claims against the counterparties if they were or should have been aware of the third party's fraudulent acts.
Conspiracy Claims
Under the Civil Code, civil acts committed by a fraud perpetrator and one or more third parties are voidable where they constituted a malicious collusion and harmed the lawful rights and interests of others (Article 154). Thus, a fraud victim can institute a civil action against such parties and claim voidance of the civil acts. Such claims may be useful for the victim to trace and recover assets that are transferred to a third party in a conspiracy.
A third party knowingly assisting or facilitating the fraudulent acts may be held jointly and severally liable to the victim (see 1.3 Claims against Parties Who Assist or Facilitate Fraudulent Acts).
Tort Claims
Chinese law does not generally prescribe deceit as a tortious act. However, as deceit is often merely a means of infringing property or personal rights, the victims can instead find a cause of action to bring a tort claim against the perpetrator based on the infringement of property or personal rights. In addition, provisions of law in certain areas expressly prohibit specified fraudulent acts, for example in the Securities Law of the PRC (the Securities Law), the Law of the PRC Against Unfair Competition (the Anti-unfair Competition Law), and the Company Law of the PRC (the Company Law), where fraudulent acts can give rise to tort liability.
For instance, the Securities Law prescribes securities misrepresentation as a special type of fraud, which is defined as the disclosure of information in connection with the offering of securities that violates relevant provisions on information disclosure and causes false records, misleading statements, or material omissions in the information so disclosed. For more details, see 3.2 Claims against Ultimate Beneficial Owners.
Generally, the victims have the burden to prove that the perpetrators have engaged in fraudulent acts, the losses suffered, causation and degree of fault. However, considering that it is often too hard for the victim to prove the fraudulent acts and fault, in some areas of law the burden of proof is reversed by requiring the defendant to show there was no fraudulent act or they were not at fault.
Duty of Loyalty Claims
Similar to the concept of fiduciary duty in common law jurisdictions, Chinese law imposes a duty of loyalty on the directors and officers of a company. In addition to other specific prohibited acts for the directors and officers, they have a general duty of loyalty and due diligence to the company they serve. Where a director or officer breaches their duty of loyalty (eg, by receiving corrupt payments or misappropriating assets), the company may institute a civil action against them and claim for damages suffered and/or the profits that the perpetrator has made. Also see 3.3 Shareholders' Claims against Fraudulent Directors.
Criminal Law
Fraud is a serious criminal offence under the Criminal Law of the PRC (the Criminal Law), which provides for various criminal fraud offences including fraud, contract fraud, illegal taking of deposits from the public, fraudulent fundraising, and financial fraud. The conviction standards under the Criminal Law are quite low for each offence – eg, RMB2,000 for criminal fraud and RMB5,000 for criminal contract fraud committed by an individual. The remedies available to the victim are generally limited to a return of the property or compensation for the actual losses in criminal proceedings.
Civil Claims
Chinese law does not establish a general private right of action for bribery. However, bribery in business activities is expressly prohibited and can trigger civil claims on certain causes of action such as unfair competition or breach of the duty of loyalty.
Claims against the Briber
Under the Anti-unfair Competition Law, business operators and their employees are not allowed to bribe an agent/employee of a counterparty or someone who can use their authority or influence to influence the transaction with the counterparty to obtain trading opportunities or competitive advantage.
A victim whose legitimate rights and interests are harmed by such conduct may bring a claim against the briber to compensate for damages. The amount of such compensation can be determined on the basis of the actual losses suffered as a result of the infringement. Where the actual losses are difficult to calculate, compensation will be determined on the basis of the benefits obtained by the infringer as a result of the infringement.
Claims against Employees, Directors, and Officers
An employer whose employee receives a bribe may have civil claims against the employee for losses arising from the bribe. The employer may also rely on contributory infringement as a civil cause of action against the employee and the bribe-giver, who can be held jointly and severally liable with the employee.
Directors or officers of a company who accept bribes in connection with their duties violate their duty of loyalty to the company and, according to the Company Law, the income so obtained by the directors and officers belongs to the company. The company, as the victim, may be entitled to claim against directors and executives to compensate for damages and to return the illegally obtained income. For a related discussion on shareholder derivative actions, see 3.3 Shareholders' Claims against Fraudulent Directors.
Administrative Sanctions
Where business operators violate the provisions of the Anti-unfair Competition Law by bribing others, the victim can also report to the competent supervision and inspection authority, which may confiscate the illegal gains and impose a fine of between RMB100,000 and RMB3 million. Where the circumstances are serious, the business licence of the bribing company can be revoked.
Criminal Offences
The Criminal Law provides for various criminal offences for those persons and companies involved in commercial bribery, including the bribe-giver and receiver.
Under the Civil Code, a third party who assists a perpetrator in carrying out a fraudulent act may bear joint and several liability with the perpetrator (Article 1169). To establish joint and several liability, the claimant must prove the third party was or should have been aware of the fraudulent act and the possible harmful consequences of providing such assistance. That is to say, the claimant must establish common intent between the third party and the perpetrator.
"Assistance" is defined as facilitating the perpetrator's commission of a fraudulent act, which does not necessarily cause the perpetrator to commit the act. An act of assistance can be committed after the fraudulent act, such as a third party's receipt of fraudulently obtained assets, if common intent is established. Conversely, without common intent, the third-party recipient will not be held jointly and severally liable with the perpetrator.
Without common intent, a third party may instead be held liable for losses caused to the claimant to the extent the claimant can establish that the third party's assistance violated their duties or mandatory provisions of law. In this instance, third-party liability is less certain because there is no direct causation between the assistance and the losses of the victim. In judicial practice, courts may decide liability at their discretion based on the circumstances – eg, the third party's degree of fault and their role during the fraud.
A party who assists or facilitates criminal fraud may become a joint defendant to the crime if there is common intent. Standalone criminal penalties may apply where the party knowingly harbours, transfers, acquires, sells on behalf of others, or conceals by other means the proceeds or benefits derived from criminal fraud.
Civil Statute of Limitations
Under the Civil Code, the right to seek protection of civil rights from the court is subject to a statute of limitations of three years from the date on which the victims knew or should have known that their rights had been infringed and the identity of the perpetrator. The statute of limitations can be suspended or renewed under certain statutory circumstances. However, courts no longer provide remedies when the absolute statute of limitation of 20 years has elapsed from the date the rights were infringed, except that there are special circumstances for which the court grants an extension upon the victims' application.
In addition to the statute of limitations, there are special types of limitation periods for certain specific remedies. For example, a claim for rescinding a contract or other civil act on the basis of civil fraud must be brought within one year from the date on which the victim is aware or should have been aware of the fraud. Such special limitation period is not allowed to be suspended, renewed, or extended, and expires five years after the civil act is committed, regardless of whether the fraudulent act or the identity of the fraudster was known to the victim.
Criminal Prosecution Limitation Periods
Under the Criminal Law, a 15-year or 20-year limitation period applies for serious offences in relation to fraud whose maximum punishment is fixed-term imprisonment of at least ten years to life, which begins from the date of the commission of the offence. However, no limitation exists where a suspect avoids a criminal investigation after the case has been filed.
Proprietary Claims and Bona Fide Acquisitions
Under Chinese law, generally a claimant can make a proprietary claim to seek the recovery of property misappropriated or induced by fraud to transfer. Specific to the claims in litigation, a claimant can plead to the court to affirm its ownership over the defrauded property and order the defendant or the party in possession to return the property. Where the defendant is an insolvent entity, the claimant may obtain the return of the property in the possession of the defendant through the bankruptcy administrator, according to Article 38 of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the PRC (Enterprise Bankruptcy Law).
There is also an exception for proprietary claims, which is called a "bona fide acquisition". That is, if the perpetrator has transferred the property to a third party who has lawfully acquired the title of such property by showing that certain statutory conditions have been met. Under the Civil Code, a bona fide acquisition must meet the following conditions:
Recovery of Mixed Funds
Cash funds are generally regarded as a special type of movable property; hence, the party who possesses the cash funds is presumed to be their owner. Proprietary claims cannot be made over cash funds unless they are separate so as to be specific or otherwise identifiable or distinguishable. Accordingly, if a claimant is defrauded of cash funds or obtains a monetary award, they are generally on par with other unsecured creditors, regardless of whether they have been mixed with the perpetrator's other funds.
Investment Gains from Defrauded Property
Gains from defrauded property can generally only be recovered together with proprietary claims. If the fraudster invests the proceeds and obtain gains as a result, the victim can only claim an amount equal to their original loss and is not allowed to claim the return of the full amount of profits created as a result of the defrauded property.
Proprietary Claims in Criminal Proceedings
In criminal proceedings, a criminal defendant who illegally possesses or disposes of the victims' property will be subject to forfeiture of the property (if available) or ordered to compensate the victims for their losses. In the latter case, the defendant's own lawful property can be subject to forfeiture by the criminal investigation organs and used to compensate the victims.
To the extent the victims are not fully compensated during the criminal investigation procedures, the court will order in the criminal judgment that the defendant's property be subject to forfeiture and used to further compensate the victims. In this case, the victims' right to compensation from the defendant will take priority over the defendant's unsecured creditors.
There are no particular rules of pre-action conduct that apply in relation to fraud claims under Chinese law.
As a practical matter, prospective claimants often apply for pre-action preservation measures, such as to effect property, conduct, or evidence preservation (see 1.7 Prevention of Defendants Dissipating or Secreting Assets and 2.2 Preserving Evidence).
Fraud claimants, similar to other civil claimants, should observe and make use of preservation measures to increase their chances of a meaningful recovery.
According to the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC (the Civil Procedure Law), where the conduct of the defendant or other reasons may make it difficult to enforce a judgment or cause other harm to the claimant, the court may, upon the application of the claimant, rule to take preservation measures after the filing of the litigation case (ie, litigation preservation). Meanwhile, if there is an urgent situation where the claimant's lawful rights and interest may otherwise sustain irreparable harm, the court may, upon application of the claimant, rule to take preservation measures before the filing of the litigation case (ie, pre-litigation preservation).
Aside from the above, the application requirements are the same for litigation and pre-litigation preservation. For pre-litigation preservation, the victim must file the related civil lawsuit within 30 days; failure to do so will result in the court lifting the preservation measures. In judicial practice, courts have discretion over the review of "urgent situations", and it is usually difficult to obtain approval for pre-litigation preservation.
Under the Civil Procedure Law, the preservation measures include property preservation, conduct preservation and evidence preservation. For the purpose of preventing dissipating or secreting assets, the claimant generally only needs to apply for property preservation, which is in rem. In theory, the claimant is entitled to conduct preservation, which is in personam and similar to a preliminary injunction. However, since the fraudulent act is often instant rather than continuous, generally property preservation is enough to prevent a defendant from dissipating or secreting assets. Thus, courts often reject applications for conduct preservation in fraud cases.
Property Preservation
Applicants for property preservation should provide the court with relevant clues about the property owned by the intended defendant; the court usually does not take the initiative to inquire about asset information through the court's enforcement and control system or other means. When the applicant applies for property preservation, they are required to pay the property preservation application fee to the court. The application for property preservation is calculated according to the amount of the victim's request for preservation, up to a maximum of RMB5,000 per case.
In addition to the application fee, the court usually requires the applicant to provide a cross-undertaking for the preservation order to reduce the unjustified risk of loss to the intended defendant. The undertaking can take the form of cash deposit, real property mortgage, or a guaranty letter from an insurance company or a qualified guaranty company. For cash deposits, the cash amount should be no less than 30% of the value of the property to be preserved. For real property mortgage or guaranty letter, the appraised value of the real property or the guaranteed amount of the guaranty letter should be no less than 100% of the value of the property to be preserved.
Property preservation measures remain in effect for a period of one to three years depending on the nature of the preserved property and can be renewed until the completion of the enforcement of final judgement. During this period, if the defendant seeks to evade an asset preservation order by dissipating or fraudulently transferring the assets, the claimant may request the court to impose a fine, detain the defendant, or even pursue criminal liability. If the property preservation proves wrongful or erroneous and causes losses to the defendant, the defendant may file a claim against the applicant and/or guarantor to obtain compensation.
Effect on Third Parties
When enforcing the ruling for property preservation, the court may seal, distrain, or freeze the property registered under the name or in possession of the defendant, as well as the property registered under the name or in possession of a third party, provided that the third party confirms in writing that the property belongs to the defendant or the claimant submits reasonably sufficient evidence to prove so.
Meanwhile, if a third party believes that they rightfully own the preserved property or otherwise involves their substantive rights, the third party may submit a written objection to the court, and the court will examine and decide within 15 days to cease the enforcement or reject the objection. If the objection is rejected and the third party is not satisfied with the decision, it may file a lawsuit against the claimant and request the court to overturn the property preservation ruling. If the third party ultimately obtains an effective judgment to overturn the preservation ruling, the court will lift the preservation measures accordingly.
A property disclosure order can only be made by the court after the enforcement procedure of judgment is initiated. No procedure exists in civil actions which requires a defendant to give disclosure of their assets pending a judgment.
Before or after the litigation is accepted, the claimant can apply to the court for property preservation (see 1.7 Prevention of Defendants Dissipating or Secreting Assets), where the claimant needs to investigate on their own or entrust a lawyer to investigate certain public asset information (such as equity interests or shares in a company, intellectual property rights, etc). The claimant usually cannot inquire about real estate under the defendant's name nor access bank accounts in the defendant's name (see 7.2 Laws to Protect "Banking Secrecy").
Under Chinese law, there is no such duty for the parties to preserve evidence. In this regard, claimants may apply to the court for pre-litigation or litigation evidence preservation in accordance with Article 84 of the Civil Procedure Law. In certain circumstances, courts may order evidence preservation at their own initiative.
Evidence preservation orders are imposed where it is believed that important evidence might be destroyed or lost or would be difficult to obtain later. On a pre-litigation basis the claimant must also show there is an "urgent situation" in need of evidence preservation (see 1.7 Prevention of Defendants Dissipating or Secreting Assets). Claimants may apply for evidence preservation to the court where the evidence is located, the respondent is domiciled, or the court with jurisdiction over the case intended to be filed.
In China, courts generally do not permit a party to conduct a physical search of documents at the defendant's residence or place of business.
In judicial practice, when examining a claimant's application, the court will usually make its decision based on factors such as the connection between the evidence to be preserved and the facts to be proved, the necessity and feasibility of evidence preservation, and so on. The court is responsible for enforcing evidence preservation, and the court may employ methods such as sealing, distraining, audio-video recording, reproducing, appraising, and inquests to carry out evidence preservation and make a record.
Before ruling to take evidence preservation measures, the court may at its discretion request the applicant to provide a cross-undertaking for losses that the intended defendant or third party may incur due to such preservation. Under normal circumstances, the court will not require the undertaking as evidence preservation is the preserving of specific evidentiary materials for later use, which will not harm property interests. If required, the court will determine the method or amount of undertaking on the basis of factors such as the impact of the preservation measures on the holder of the evidence, the value of the evidence to be preserved, and the amount of the subject matter in dispute.
In addition to evidence preservation carried out by the court, the claimant may on its own preserve evidence through various means – eg, engaging a notary public house to notarise the process of evidence gathering conducted by the claimant or its attorneys.
Third-Party Disclosure in Civil Proceedings
In civil proceedings, a claimant may request any third party to disclose documents and evidence, but there are no mandatory procedures for the claimant to compel third parties to do so. If there is any important evidence that the parties cannot collect on their own, they may apply to the court to investigate and collect such evidence from third parties, who are required to co-operate with the investigation and provide the requested documents, evidence, or information.
The court has discretion to decide whether to act as requested and may, at its own discretion, question a third party who knows the facts of the case and create an investigation record. The record will then be subject to cross-examination by the claimant and the defendant.
Some provincial level higher courts have issued guidelines for attorney investigation orders. Attorneys to either party to the proceeding may apply for an investigation order, which, if granted, allows the attorney to collect requested evidence from a third party (usually file materials, rights certificates, bank account information, transaction documents, third parties' explanations of the facts related to the case, etc). The guidelines generally provide that the parties must keep confidential any confidential information or commercial secrets obtained through the investigation order and must not disclose the same to anyone else for any other purpose.
Generally, the court will not assist the claimant to obtain evidence from third parties before the commencement of civil proceedings. However, if the claimant is unable to accurately identify the defendant and has difficulty filing a case, the claimant may apply to the court for an investigation order for access to the defendant's identity information from a third party.
Third-Party Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings
In criminal proceedings, public security organs may, in the course of an investigation, obtain such information from the holder of the information related to the criminal act, and may also question a third party who knows the facts of the criminal offence. The investigation procedures of the public security organs are confidential and the victim is usually not provided with the information obtained during the investigation.
However, the case file materials are handed over to the procuratorate after completion of the investigation procedures, and the victim can apply to the procuratorate to read the case file and obtain a copy of the case file materials.
Courts can grant preservation orders over the property, conduct, or evidence of the intended defendant or a third party. These orders may be issued without the need to notify the defendant or hold an ex parte hearing in advance. The intended party should be served with the order after it is issued. In practice, courts generally do not serve the intended party until the ruling has been enforced to ensure the intended party does not obstruct enforcement.
When the court decides to grant the orders, except for the undertaking that the claimant may be required to provide, there will be no additional burden on the claimant, nor does it need to compensate the defendant for not being present.
In China, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and its local counterparts are responsible for prosecuting criminal cases. Generally, the victims of fraud cannot themselves commence a criminal proceeding and can only report the suspected fraud to the local counterparts of the Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for ordinary criminal investigations. In fraud cases, the criminal process is almost always the first choice for victims due to the reasons addressed in the following paragraphs, while the threshold for instituting a criminal proceeding is much higher than for a civil proceeding, unless there are large scale victims involved.
Advantages of Criminal Redress
Victims tend to seek redress through the criminal process based on the following three considerations.
Interplay between Civil and Criminal Redress
Once a criminal proceeding commences, charges against the defendant will not be vacated even if the defendant fully compensates the victims. Accordingly, parallel proceedings may occur if the public security organ has instituted criminal proceedings. Under Chinese law, criminal proceedings take precedent over civil proceedings, provided that the parallel proceedings are based on substantially the same facts. Accordingly, courts will refuse to accept a civil case based on the same legal facts after a criminal proceeding has been instituted against the defendant. Courts are also expected to dismiss civil cases that have been accepted and transfer the case materials to the relevant criminal investigation organ.
Moreover, after the defendant is criminally charged, it will generally become insolvent, and the assets recovered by the judicial organs must also be distributed proportionally among all victims. This may lead to the victims not being compensated in full. For this reason, victims may prefer to pursue a civil cause of action if they are able to discover and preserve the assets of the defendant or if the defendant is willing to raise funds to compensate the victim for their losses.
In civil proceedings, the court must serve each party a notice for the coming trial and must hold at least one full trial for each case before rendering a judgment. However, where a defendant, after duly served with a notice, fails to appear in court or quits during the trial, the court may at its discretion enter a default judgment. There is no procedure for the claimant to move for a summary or default judgment in any event, even if the defendant fails to appear in court or answer the complaint or makes a wholly unmeritorious defence.
Where the defendant fails to appear in court, the trial shall proceed as normal, and the court has the authority to clarify all the key facts alleged by the claimant to mitigate the risk that a third-party's interest will be harmed by the judgment.
Civil Fraud Claims
Chinese courts implement a case registration system for civil litigation, and the court will generally file and accept the pleading as long as the following statutory requirements are met: identity information of the defendant; specific claims; specific factual basis and reasons; and the court has jurisdiction over the case. Although there are no special rules or professional conduct considerations or heightened standards for pleading fraud in China, the "specific factual basis and reasons" requirement itself grants discretion to the court in examining pleading materials and deciding whether to accept and file the case. Given this, it is possible that the court may require the claimant to provide more cogent evidence than other types of claims with a view to precluding unwarranted allegations of fraud being made.
Criminal Fraud Claims
If the victim makes a criminal report to the public security organs, it is usually necessary to provide prima facie evidentiary materials on the crime of fraud. There are no particular provisions requiring a victim to provide evidence in the case of fraud. Where, in the course of filing and reviewing a case, public security organs discover that the facts of the case or the criminal clues provided by the victim are unclear, they may employ measures such as questioning, inquiry, inquest, appraisal, and collection of evidentiary materials that do not restrict the personal or property rights of the suspects.
Where, after review, the public security organs find that there are criminal facts and it is necessary to pursue criminal liability, the case may be officially accepted. However, due to lack of detailed guidelines on the criteria for filing a criminal case, the public security organs have broad discretion on whether to accept the case, and the threshold to commence a criminal investigation is usually high.
Notably, the public security organs will explain to the victim the legal consequences of making false accusations. However, as long as the facts are not fabricated or falsified, even if the facts reported by the victim are discrepancies or even erroneous accusations, the victim will usually not be held legally liable for making accusations against an alleged perpetrator.
According to the Civil Procedure Law, one of the requisites for the court to accept a civil case is that the defendant must be specifically identifiable. Therefore, civil fraud claimants must provide the court with the defendant's identity; otherwise, the court will not accept the case. To remedy this, victims may:
By contrast, in the criminal context, public security organs do not require victims of fraud to provide accurate identity information about "unknown" fraudsters when they accept a report of fraud. After accepting the case, the public security organ may independently investigate and ascertain the identity of the perpetrator at the case filing and review stage and prepare a criminal investigation report. A case will be filed if criminality is discovered and it is deemed necessary to pursue criminal charges against the perpetrator.
Civil Proceedings
In civil proceedings, all persons with knowledge of the circumstances of the case are legally obligated to appear in court to testify. However, in practice, the claimant must usually contact the witness on their own and apply to the court for the witness to testify in court. Only in a few special circumstances will the court subpoena a witness to appear in court and testify, such as if the parties are suspected to have maliciously colluded to harm the legitimate rights and interests of others.
Chinese law does not impose penalties on witnesses who refuse to testify in civil proceedings. However, if a witness falsifies or destroys important evidence, or otherwise obstructs investigation and evidence collection activities, the court may impose a fine, detain the witness, or pursue criminal liability, depending upon the seriousness of the circumstances.
Where a parallel criminal proceeding exists, the victim may apply to the procuratorate during the review and prosecution stage to consult and copy the investigation case file materials and obtain a transcript of the public security organ's questioning of the witness for submission to the court as evidence to prove the facts claimed by the victim.
Criminal Proceedings
In the criminal context, all persons with knowledge of the circumstances of the case are legally obligated to co-operate with the investigation. In practice, public security organs may question persons who know the circumstances of the case, require them to truthfully provide evidence and make records of witness testimony. A transcript of a witness's testimony may serve as evidence in a criminal case.
In a criminal proceeding, the court is entitled to compel witness testimony under special circumstances. For example, if the court deems the witness's testimony necessary because the procurator, the parties, or the defender objects to the witness's testimony and the testimony has a major impact on the conviction and sentencing of the case. If a witness does not appear in court to testify without a legitimate reason, the court may compel them to appear in court, except where the witness is the defendant's spouse, parent, or child.
Furthermore, if a witness refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons or refuses to testify after appearing in court, the court may sanction or detain them depending on the seriousness of the offence. Where a witness is dissatisfied with the detention decision, they may apply for reconsideration to the superior-level court for reconsideration, but enforcement is not suspended during the period of reconsideration.
Civil Liability
Under Chinese law, a legal person or non-legal person organisation, including limited liability company or other corporate entity ("employer"), is liable for the actions taken by its employees, including its directors or officers, provided that the actions occur within their responsibility and authority and are carried out in the name of the employer. That is, if an employee commits fraud while performing duties for its employer, the employer may be vicariously liable to the victims of the fraud.
The following factors are generally considered to determine whether an employer can be found vicariously liable:
Criminal Liability
The Criminal Law provides for the concept of unit crimes. "Units" under the Criminal Law include not only companies, enterprises, and other types of legal persons with independent legal personality, but also some other organisations such as branches or internal departments of units. To determine whether an employee's acts constitute criminal fraud committed by the unit, the following conditions generally need to be met:
For crimes committed by units, the unit is generally fined and the directly responsible supervisors and other directly responsible personnel may be subject to criminal punishment.
In some cases, a perpetrator may seek to evade liability for fraud by abusing the independent legal personality of a corporation. Specifically, a perpetrator may be a shareholder of a corporation who uses the corporate form to commit fraud and then takes advantage of the limited liability afforded to them.
To combat such abuse, the Company Law recognises the principle of "piercing the corporate veil", which allows a court to hold a shareholder jointly liable for the obligations of the corporation.
To invoke this principle, the claimant must show that the shareholder had abused the company's independent legal person status and the limited liability of the shareholders to evade debts and seriously harm the interests of the company's creditors. The key fact to be proven is that the shareholder did not treat the corporation as an independent entity. For example, the staff, assets, and business of the company have been commingled with those of the shareholder.
It is difficult in practice to successfully argue a pierce-the-corporate-veil claim, except in the context of a one-person corporation where the sole shareholder, rather than the victim, has the burden to prove that the corporation's assets are independent of their personal assets.
In addition to "piercing the corporate veil", as discussed above, there are some other areas where fraud victims can bring claims against those who stand behind companies when the company has been used as the vehicle for fraud. For instance, where a securities issuer violates provisions on information disclosure by making false records, misleading statements, or material omissions in the disclosed information, causing investors to suffer losses in securities transactions, the Securities Law provides that the controlling shareholder and/or actual controller of the issuer will be jointly and severally liable with the issuer for the losses caused to the investors, unless they can prove that they are not at fault.
Under the Company Law, shareholders have the right to bring derivative actions on behalf of their company against fraudulent directors. Causes of action against fraudulent directors include where the directors cause harm to the company while undertaking their duties in violation of any law, regulation, or the company's by-laws. Certain rules exist as to shareholder eligibility, commencing the action, and recovery and costs.
Shareholder Eligibility
To initiate a derivative action, the shareholders of a company limited by shares (joint stock company) to the action must have held, individually or collectively, at least 1% of the company's shares for at least 180 consecutive days prior to the action. Shareholders of a limited liability company are not subject to any eligibility requirements for derivative actions.
Commencing the Action
The shareholders to the action should make a request in writing to the company's supervisor or board of supervisors. Shareholders themselves can initiate the action on behalf of the company under certain circumstances. This includes exigent circumstances and where the company's supervisor or board of supervisors refuses to initiate the action or fails to do so within 30 days of receiving the shareholders' request.
Recovery and Costs
Recovery obtained in a derivative action belongs to the company. Thus, for example, recovery in the action might involve the fraudulent director disgorging illegal gains and transferring those gains to the company.
The company is required to reimburse the shareholders for litigation costs to the extent they are reasonable. For more information on shareholder derivative actions in China and related matters, see our contribution to Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2021.
In civil cases, the court must analyse whether it is competent to join as a defendant an overseas party who is not domiciled in China. This analysis considers the nature of the claims and the circumstances over which the court has jurisdiction, including:
To exercise jurisdiction over overseas parties, the court must make sure that they are properly served. Chinese courts may use electronic service (by fax, email, etc) to serve overseas parties not domiciled in China, if the laws of the country or region where they are domiciled allow for electronic service. In addition, Chinese courts may also serve judicial documents through other channels, such as mutual legal assistance agreements, Hague conventions of service, diplomatic channels, and postal service (such as those permitted by the state where the person to be served).
Chinese courts have jurisdiction over overseas parties who commit criminal fraud within China in accordance with the principle of territoriality, according to the Criminal Law. Where an overseas party commits a crime against China or its citizens outside the territory of China, and the minimum sentence under the Criminal Law is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years, the Criminal Law applies extraterritorially to such party except where the party's act does not violate local law in the place where the act was committed.
Under Chinese law, after the judgment takes effect, the successful fraud claimant becomes a judgment creditor, and the defendant becomes a judgment debtor. Where the defendant fails to pay off the debt under the judgment within the time limit designated by the judgment, the claimant can apply to the court to initiate enforcement proceedings against the defendant.
Initiating the Enforcement Procedure
A successful fraud claimant who receives a judgment or arbitral award against a defendant may apply to the Chinese court with jurisdiction to initiate the enforcement procedure directly, provided that the judgment or arbitral award is made by a Chinese court or arbitration institution.
Where a judgment or arbitration award is made by a foreign court or arbitration institution, the creditor will first apply to the Chinese court with jurisdiction for recognition of such judgment or award, and the recognition will be handled in accordance with an international treaty concluded or acceded to by China and the country or region where the court or arbitral institution is located (eg, the New York Convention) or in accordance with the principle of reciprocity. After the judgment or award is recognised by the Chinese court, the enforcement procedure can be initiated.
Property Disclosure for Enforcement
In the course of enforcement, the applicant should provide clues as to the assets of the judgment debtor. The court will conduct an investigation through the online enforcement inspection and control system and, where the case requires an investigation, it will conduct an investigation through other means and at the same time employ other investigation methods. Where the judgment debtor does not perform the obligations set forth in effective legal documents, the applicant may also request the court to publish a reward announcement to find assets available for enforcement.
During the enforcement procedures, the court will serve the judgment debtor with an order to disclose their assets and the debtor must truthfully disclose details of their assets to the court. Where the judgment debtor refuses to disclose, falsely discloses, or delays in disclosing without legitimate reasons, the court may sanction the judgment debtor or their legal representative, depending on the seriousness of the offence. Sanctions include adding the judgment debtor's name to a list of "dishonest judgment debtors" and, in serious circumstances, subjecting the judgment debtor to criminal liability.
Asset Control and Disposal
During enforcement, the court has the right to seal, distrain, or freeze the assets of the judgment debtor, including movable property in the possession or real property/specific movable property registered in the name of the judgment debtor, as well as any property in the possession or registered in the name of a third party provided that the third party confirms in writing that the assets belong to the judgment debtor.
Once the judgment debtor's assets have been sealed, distrained, or frozen, the court may dispose of them by auction, public sale, or ruling to pay off a debt in kind, and transfer the money obtained from enforcement to the applicant in satisfaction of the judgment or award.
Sanctions for Failure to Satisfy a Judgment
In general
Where a judgment debtor does not satisfy their obligations as set forth in a judgment or award, the court may:
Consumption restrictions
The applicant may request the court to impose consumption restrictions on the judgment debtor once they are named in the "list of dishonest judgment debtors".
Consumption restrictions for natural persons include prohibitions on air and high-speed rail travel, luxury hotel accommodation, leasing of high-end office space, vacation travel, arranging for children to attend expensive private schools, and other luxuries that are not considered necessary for life and work.
Consumption restrictions imposed on legal persons may also be imposed on their legal representative, principal responsible person, persons directly responsible for enabling satisfaction of the debt, and actual controller.
Restrictions on exiting mainland China
Judgment debtors who fail to satisfy a judgment or award may be prohibited from exiting mainland China. Upon the applicant's request, the court may determine it necessary to impose an exit ban and notify relevant administrative authorities to assist in enforcing the ban.
Detention, fines and criminal liability
Judgment debtors who refuse to satisfy a judgment, ruling, or obstruct the court's enforcement may be subject to a fine, detention, or even criminal liability, depending on the specific conduct and the corresponding circumstances provided for by law.
In China, no one can be compelled to give testimony that would incriminate themselves in criminal proceedings. In contrast to other jurisdictions, the right to remain silent is not expressly provided for in Chinese law, neither are the judicial authorities obligated to remind suspects of their right to remain silent before taking legal actions against such suspects. However, it is clear that the accused may not be found guilty and sentenced only based on their oral testimony without supporting evidence.
By contrast, in civil proceedings, if one party expressly admits unfavourable facts during court hearings or in written materials such as complaints, the other party does not need to adduce evidence to prove these facts, and the court can usually use this as the factual basis for the judgment.
In accordance with the rules of evidence in the Civil Procedure Law, where a court requests a party to submit relevant evidence and it refuses to do so, submits false evidence, destroys evidence, or commits other acts that make the evidence unusable without a legitimate reason, the court may presume that the other party's relevant factual assertions have been established.
Chinese law does not provide a general privilege over communications that can be exempted from disclosure. Judicial and administrative authorities, particularly public security organs in criminal procedures, are granted broad authority to inquire and collect evidence. Despite this, in criminal proceedings, counsel is required to keep their client's information confidential, except for information related to certain specific criminal offences, including endangering national security, public security and personal safety.
Under Chinese law, the remedies for fraud claims are generally limited to the claimant's losses, which may include reasonably expected profits. In general, courts will not award punitive or exemplary damages in cases of fraud, except where the claim may relate to intellectual property infringement.
There are no special laws in China to protect communications between banks and their clients from disclosure. The general rule under the Law of the PRC on Commercial Banks is that commercial banks must keep strictly confidential their customers' bank account information and have the right to refuse inquiries from third parties regarding bank account details and requests to freeze or withhold funds, unless otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. However, under Chinese law, judicial authorities are granted broad authority to make such inquiries with commercial banks as well as other financial institutions and to collect evidence. Commercial banks will generally comply with a court order on such matters.
Courts may use the online enforcement inspection and control system to search the banking information of the defendant, as mentioned in 5.1 Methods of Enforcement. However, during fraud-related civil proceedings, it is generally hard for the claimant to obtain the courts' approval to inquire into the bank accounts of the defendant.
China has implemented regulations that strictly regulate crypto-assets. As a consequence, Chinese courts often invalidate crypto-asset related trading and investment arrangements.
Chinese law remains silent as to the nature of crypto-assets. To date, no legal provisions have been issued regarding the protection of crypto-assets. This means crypto-assets are not considered statutory property, as Chinese law adopts the numerus clausus principle (ie, the categories and content of the real rights are provided by law). Thus, in Chinese judicial practice, "stealing" cryptocurrency has been held as constituting the crime of illegally obtaining data from computer information systems, but not theft.
If an enforcement applicant can provide clear clues as to the location of crypto-assets, it is theoretically possible for a court in China to grant an asset preservation order against such crypto-assets and to enforce the order. Due to China's heavy restrictions on crypto-assets-related activities, however, there is currently no crypto-asset trading platform domiciled within the jurisdiction of Chinese courts. Because of this, it is very difficult for courts to effectively control crypto-assets. Unsurprisingly, no public records exist in which a party has successfully preserved crypto-assets in a civil proceeding.
Regarding fraud involving crypto-assets, since Chinese laws do not recognise crypto-assets as statutory property, fraud related to crypto-assets will not be treated as civil fraud unless it also involves fiat currency or other property. In related criminal proceedings, public security organs also do not invest as much administrative resources in recovering crypto-assets as in recovering other assets.
For a more detailed discussion of crypto-asset regulations and judicial practice in China, see our adjacent article: International Fraud & Asset Tracing 2022, Trends & Developments, China.
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Yoko Arisaka (Philosophy, University of San Francisco)
José Bermúdez (Philosophy, University of Stirling)
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The Perry Honors College asks the ODU community to nominate one of its colleagues for this award for the Provost's Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor. Self-nominations are accepted. The nominated candidates are asked to submit electronically the following supporting documents in the following order:
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The facility with a floor area of 20,000 sqm situated on a plot of 80,000 sqm was opened on 30th March at a solemn ceremony. The employer had the following to say about the building process:
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Canton firefighters rescue dog trapped on riverbank in freezing weather, pull out dog puns
CANTON – City firefighters rescued a dog trapped on a riverbank last week — and used the opportunity to share some light-hearted dog puns with the news on social media.
The department posted photos of the rescue on its Facebook page Tuesday. The rescue took place at 6 p.m. Friday.
Dog owners wanted:Stark County shelters overwhelmed with animals
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With support from Community Foundation of Lorain County, Nord Family Foundation TECH CORPS will implement its Student WEB CORPS program in Lorain County with up to 25 high school students during the summer. (Location of program will be updated)
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6723491 Who is Seria?
6973796 6976682 Nah she's a tsundere that came from a not-well known game... I felt like doing that for odd reasons... don't ask me why, I'm just a bit silly
6973822 Starlight Nova was referring to me when I used a character aptly named Seria... it's okay about that... as for the chapter, I'm having a case of Holy Shit Quotients And this was after I finished all my necessary edits to my Fo:E story...
6978800 In a shocking, cringe-worthy, barf-inducing, tear-jerking, and all-around crazy way... yes, what I said is a good thing
Tome is usually right. He's not a nice pony, though.
6980412 Eh, it's mostly me
Interesting that Tome should claim right away parenting wasn't for him, yet he immediately afterwards starts trying to emulate a parent (as he imagines one would be in his mind). It could have just been a slave-to-master relationship, in which Tome forces Sonnet to accept what food is coming her way; he instead treats it as 'parenting 101.'
Parenting isn't for him, but he does have some psychological understanding with his reading. And he figured the best cooperation from Sonnet would be the continuity of a parental figure, rather than the random horrors of the waste;land. so she had something stable in her life.. so.. he was trying to be a parent, knowing he'd be terrible at it.
Examining how Tome interacts with Aero, it struck me: Tome does not care so much that Aero is a pegasus than that he is inexperienced and young. It seems odd, given how Tome tenses up and grows hostile at the mere sight of a pegasus in the previous chapter. I wonder where that fantastic racism went. Perhaps Tome just worried more about Aero's inexperience, yet I have not noticed any hint of annoyance or hatred at his status as a pegasus.
Tome does in fact hate that aero is a pegasus, but its a list of priorities. He'd be willing to deal with a pegasus if they were useful, but youth is BAD. puberty leads to rash thoughts and stupid ideas and generally not thinking ahead. The fact that aero is a pegasus is a huge annoyance... the fact that he is young is a surviving liability. He's more concerned with the latter than the former, but as time goes on, you will see more of the former coming into play. ^-^
Thank you so much for your review, I hope you continue your reading and continue to review each chapter. (you do the best reviews)
This is honestly the best chapter so far.
Lots of good dialogue, intensity and development.
Keep up the good work.:D
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I have had an ongoing problem for quite some time now - potentially a year or so.
I am currently on a G.fast product. Occasionally, perhaps a couple of times a month my broadband just goes down and stays down. If I check the landline by dialling 1471 I hear crackling on the line (via my Gigaset N300A IP base station)
If I wiggle the BT socket end of the phone cable the crackling stops and my broadband modem can once again sync. All is well for a few weeks and then the same thing happens again.
This happened also happened prior to the G.fast upgrade so can't put it down to that.
What I have tried so far:
Nothing seems to prevent the crackle from returning every few weeks and I just don't understand why.
Why is it that just wiggling the wire can fix it instantly but no amount of new cables or sockets is fixing the issue. I keep thinking there must be some kind of bad connection between me and the cabinet but again, why does it resolve instantly and last a couple of weeks just with a wiggle of the wire.
Perhaps it's just a feature of the Gigaset base, but I see no-one else complaining about this. I'm a bit stumped.
The most basic test is using a corded phone in the test socket and then dial 17070 option 2. Should be completely silent Any noise needs to be reports to 151


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Gal Gadot-starrer 'Wonder Woman' is arguably the first woman superhero film that not only has been making waves in the male-dominated genre but has also become DC Comics' most successful film ever.
Recently, Gal Gadot was honoured with the #SeeHer award at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, reports Entertainment Weekly.
Director Patty Jenkins, the woman behind the most iconic film, presented Gadot with the Award, honouring the actress for becoming a role model who broke stereotypes on and off screen.
Also Read: 'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot Filmed Reshoots At 5-Months Pregnant
Gadot's speech at the ceremony, while accepting the award, was powerful. She accepted that her dream of playing a strong, independent and real woman was long-overdue and that Diana Prince fulfilled that
Gal Gadot accepting the #SeeHer award with her speech at the Critics Choice Awards 🌟🎉 pic.twitter.com/GVx78RtSgt
— best of gal (@bestofgaI) January 12, 2018
Here are key takeaways from her speech:
The Real 'Wonder Woman'
Gadot conveyed how the real grit-power of 'Wonder Woman' or any woman for that matter is the best quality of her character. "The irony in this is that later I was cast as Wonder Woman and all the qualities that I looked for I found in her. She's full of heart, strength, compassion and forgiveness."
"She's not perfect and that makes her real." None of us are and never will be. But by embracing that imperfection, we all could emerge champion.
Thank you #NBR for the wonderful night and for honoring Patty and I with the spotlight award. #WonderWoman pic.twitter.com/pF9VpV1MAT
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) January 10, 2018
On Making Box Office Waves
"This year, three of the top grossing films were female lead and one of them was directed by my wonderful Patty Jenkins," she said.
She also gave references of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', 'Beauty And The Beast' and 'Wonder Woman', adding, "There were eight other films in the top 100 that were directed by females. While this is progress, there is a long way to go."
On Harassment in Hollywood
Gadot also expressed concern and support for the current movement of people speaking out against harassment in Hollywood and how it is just the beginning.
"I want to share this award with all the women and men who stand for what's right, standing for those who can't stand or speak for themselves," she said. "And I promise, my commitment to all of you is that I will never be silenced. And we will continue to band together to make strides uniting for equality," shared Gadot.
I signed this letter of solidarity to stand with women and men across every industry who have experienced sexual harassment, assault, or abuse in saying: enough is enough #TIMESUP pic.twitter.com/0dQALEf04I
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) January 3, 2018
Thanking Note
Concluding the speech, the Israeli actress thanked the critics 'for this amazing honour and recognition' . She also thanked her 'friend and sister' Patty for the award.
Gadot was in recent past been in news for responding to reports of pay parity due to which she was paid less for playing Wonder Woman than Henry Cavill's salary for Man of Steel. Guess the hard work finally paid off since at the award ceremony, Wonder Woman received three Critics' Choice nominations and won the award for 'Best Action Movie'.
Thank you to the Critics for recognizing Wonder Woman as best action movie!! @CriticsChoice pic.twitter.com/Knn7gZBVAu
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) January 12, 2018
The feminist film is continuing to break records and hopefully will achieve many such milestones in the coming days. The duo would return on-screen with Wonder Woman 2 in November 1, 2019.
Looking forward to the New Year.. pic.twitter.com/dqupi86mtD
— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) December 27, 2017
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"Throughout my career, I was always asked to describe my dream role. It was clear to me that I wanted to portray a strong and independent woman, a real one," Gadot said after hitting the stage. "Later, I was cast as Wonder Woman and all of these qualities I looked for, I found in her. She's full of heart, strength, compassion, and forgiveness. She sees wrong that must be made right. She takes action when everyone around her is idle. She commands the attention of the world and in doing so, she sends a positive example for humanity. She's not perfect and that's what make her real."
"When I started acting, there were very few female led movies and even fewer female directors," she continued. "This year, 3 of the top grossing films were female led. One of them was directed by my wonderful Patty Jenkins. There were 8 other films in the top 100 which were directed by females. So although this is progress, there is still a long way to go."
"As artists and filmmakers, I believe it's not only our job to entertain, but to inspire and educate for love and respect," said Gadot. "In the past weeks and months, we've been witnessing a movement in our industry and society. I want to share this award with all the women and men who stand for what's right, for those who can't stand of speak for themselves. My commitment to all of you is I will never be silenced and we will continue to band together to make strides uniting for equality."
.@GalGadot is so incredibly inspiring #CriticsChoiceAwards #WonderWoman pic.twitter.com/Sq6GV93cEA
— Madison Brodsky (@MadisonBrodsky) January 12, 2018
READ: Women-Only Screening For 'Wonder Woman' Draws Flak
Also read:Meet Marvel's sharpest superhero: A nine-year-old Girl
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