As such, Chinese banks have a policy of refusing to pay any fraud victim their money back unless a lawsuit is filled.

If a fraud victim is successful in filling a lawsuit, the bank might settle out of court.

Many fraud victims, therefore, are glad Customs is looking out for them.

It also added a civil remedy to compensate individual fraud victims even in cases where the Government failed or declined to use scarce resources to prosecute.

The civil suit seeks to put the company out of business and seize its assets for distribution to the fraud victims.

Why do fraud victims report or not report offences to the police (and what are their expectations from reporting)?

To what extent are fraud victims offered compensation (within or external to formal sentences)?

With such a statement, however, it is your word against the creditor's, and a sensible fraud victim will want something more definitive.

That makes this a bad time to weaken the law that lets fraud victims sue for their own relief.

"As a result, it can be easy to overlook what a devastating impact it can have on fraud victims."