The government is to offer rewards up to NT$10 million (US$308,566) beginning next year as part of efforts to combat fraud, the Ministry of the Interior said.
The draft “regulations for rewarding individuals and informants contributing to fraud prevention” (防制詐欺犯罪有功人員及檢舉人獎勵辦法) were formulated in line with the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act (詐欺犯罪危害防制條例) passed by the legislature in July and part of the “fraud-combating action plan 2.0” announced by the Cabinet last month and would go into effect next year.
The draft regulations state that informants and people contributing to fraud prevention can be rewarded if fraudsters are reported before their crimes were discovered, and are convicted by a court, so as to encourage public-private collaboration in combating fraud.
Photo: Liu Wan-lin, Taipei Times
Informants would be rewarded NT$2.5 million to NT$10 million if the reported fraudster receives a prison sentence of 15 years or more, life in prison or the death penalty, it said.
They would receive between NT$2 million and NT$2.5 million if the reported fraudster receives a prison sentence of between 10 and 15 years, NT$1.5 million to NT$2 million if the fraudster receives a prison sentence of between seven and less than 10 years, NT$1 million to NT$1.5 million if the fraudster receives a prison sentence of between five and seven years, and between NT$500,000 and NT$1 million if the fraudster receives a prison sentence of between three and five years, it says.
Financial practitioners or police officers who notice a potential fraud case and help to intercept the swindled money would be rewarded NT$100,000, it says.
Financial practitioners or police officers who performed outstandingly in combating fraud would be offered a group reward of NT$10 million or an individual reward of NT$100,000, while those who did an excellent job would be rewarded NT$1 million as a group or NT$100,000 individually, it added.
The draft regulation also stipulates that one-third of the reward would be given when the defendant is convicted, with the rest provided when the final ruling is made.
The ministry on Friday said that it would set up a committee to review and approve fraud prevention rewards based on the ruling for each reported case, with related procedures to be implemented from Jan. 1.
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