{"id":9740,"date":"2026-06-20T21:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2026-08-22T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:46:31","slug":"company-debt-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/company-debt-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a company be sued for fraud if it is owed money for goods and checks bounce? A lawyer teaches you how to distinguish between civil debt and criminal fraud."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-qubely-image qubely-block-ceac52\"><div class=\"qubely-block-image  qubely-image-layout-simple\"><div class=\"qubely-image-media qubely-vertical-alignment-center qubely-horizontal-alignment-center\"><figure><div class=\"qubely-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qubely-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/messageImage_1781964949155.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<style id=\"fdlaw-blog-polish-style-company-debt-fraud-20260706\">\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content{--fdlaw-ink:#27313b;--fdlaw-muted:#5f6d7a;--fdlaw-blue:#1f5f8b;--fdlaw-line:#d9e5ee;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content p{line-height:1.9;color:var(--fdlaw-ink);font-size:17px;margin-bottom:1.15em;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content h2.wp-block-heading{margin-top:2.15em;margin-bottom:.75em;padding:0 0 .45em .75em;border-left:5px solid #1f5f8b;border-bottom:1px solid #d9e5ee;color:#17384f;font-size:1.55em;line-height:1.35;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content h3.wp-block-heading{margin-top:1.6em;margin-bottom:.65em;color:#24485f;font-size:1.18em;line-height:1.45;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content a{color:#1f5f8b;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;font-weight:600;}\nbody.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card{margin:1.6em 0 2.1em;padding:1.35em 1.45em;border:1px solid #d9e5ee;border-left:5px solid #1f5f8b;border-radius:8px;background:#f7fbff;box-shadow:0 8px 22px rgba(30,78,112,.08);}\nbody.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card h2{margin:0 0 .75em;padding:0;border:0;color:#17384f;font-size:1.32em;line-height:1.35;}\nbody.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card ul{margin:.2em 0 0 1.2em;padding:0;}\nbody.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card li{margin:.55em 0;line-height:1.75;color:#31404c;font-size:16.5px;}\nbody.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card strong{color:#163f5d;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content h3.wp-block-heading + p{background:#fbfdff;border:1px solid #e3ebf2;border-radius:6px;padding:1em 1.1em;}\nbody.postid-9740 .entry-content p:has(a[href*=\"line.me\"]),body.postid-9740 .entry-content p:has(a[href^=\"tel:\"]){background:#fff8ec;border:1px solid #f0d8ae;border-radius:8px;padding:1em 1.15em;font-weight:600;}\n@media (max-width:768px){body.postid-9740 .entry-content p{font-size:16px;}body.postid-9740 .entry-content h2.wp-block-heading{font-size:1.35em;}body.postid-9740 .fdlaw-summary-card{padding:1.15em 1.05em;}}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group fdlaw-summary-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This article provides a quick summary of key points.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Distinguishing between civil debts and criminal fraud:<\/strong>Unpaid debts do not necessarily constitute fraud; it depends on whether there was any illegal intent at the time of the transaction.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>If a check bounces, gather the relevant information immediately.<\/strong>All refund reason forms, contracts, orders, reconciliation records, shipping and collection records must be kept.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Civil and criminal strategies can be evaluated in parallel:<\/strong>The choice between payment orders, preliminary seizures, civil suits, and criminal complaints depends on the evidence and the purpose of the recovery.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>The company&#039;s focus in recovering losses is on recycling:<\/strong>Winning a case does not guarantee receiving the money; it is necessary to simultaneously assess the other party&#039;s assets, the risk of asset stripping, and the likelihood of enforcement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>If you can&#039;t receive payment, the first question isn&#039;t whether you can sue for fraud, but whether your evidence is sufficient.<\/h2>\n<p>The worst thing for a business is not a customer being a few days late in paying, but rather the other party receiving the goods, signing the contract, writing the check, and then disappearing without a trace. Many business owners&#039; first question is, &quot;Can I sue for fraud?&quot; The answer isn&#039;t simply yes or no, but rather it depends on whether the other party only had financial problems later in the transaction, or whether they never intended to pay or fulfill the contract in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>according to<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=C0000001&amp;flno=339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 339 of the Criminal Law<\/a>The core of fraud is the use of deception to mislead someone into handing over money or obtaining financial benefits. In other words, being owed money by a company is not necessarily fraud. The real key lies in whether the other party used false information, concealed important facts, or created a false appearance of a transaction to mislead you into believing the transaction was secure and thus delivering goods, making advance payments, or providing services.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#039;s Criminal Judgment No. 5289 of 2020 distinguished between pre-contractual fraud and performance fraud in contractual fraud. Simply put, if the other party uses a false identity, a false company size, a false order, a false ability to pay, or a non-existent transaction need to get you to deliver goods when signing the contract, it may be close to pre-contractual fraud; if after signing the contract, they use methods such as switching goods, false payments, fake remittance screenshots, or fake settlements to delay or obtain more goods, it may be close to performance fraud.<\/p>\n<h2>Unpaid goods are usually initially considered civil debts, but these situations can cause a case to veer towards fraud.<\/h2>\n<p>In a buying and selling transaction, the buyer has an inherent obligation to pay the price. According to...<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=B0000001&amp;flno=367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 367 of the Civil Code<\/a>The buyer has an obligation to the seller to pay the agreed price and take delivery of the subject matter. If the buyer later experiences cash flow problems, a deteriorating economic climate, or downstream customers defaulting on payments, legally it will usually be assessed as a breach of civil debt.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the other party has already defaulted on numerous payments, ceased business operations, disappeared from public view, continued to place large orders despite knowing they lack the ability to pay, or even used different company names to purchase goods in rotation, then it&#039;s not just a simple matter of &quot;owing money and not paying.&quot; The court will judge based on the overall behavior before and after the transaction, such as whether the other party deliberately concealed a financial crisis, used false documents to gain trust, resold goods for cash immediately after receiving them, never proposed a reasonable payment plan, and used the same methods on multiple suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, the most common mistake business owners make is compiling all the information as &quot;how much money he owes me,&quot; but failing to compile it as &quot;how he misled me into believing I would pay.&quot; The former is more like a civil claim, while the latter is the core issue that criminal fraud authorities focus on.<\/p>\n<h2>A bounced check is not necessarily fraud, but the actions taken before and after the bounce are important.<\/h2>\n<p>Bounced checks often infuriate creditors, especially when the other party repeatedly emphasizes during the transaction that &quot;the check will definitely be cashed,&quot; only to bounce it at the end. However, a simple bounced check does not automatically constitute fraud. This is because a negotiable instrument is a payment tool; a bounce could be due to insufficient funds or malicious manipulation, and the legal consequences of these two are different.<\/p>\n<p>The key points of judgment usually lie in whether the other party knew the account had no funds when delivering the check, whether they used an account that had been refused service or was considered abnormal, whether they exchanged the check for more goods, whether they requested an extension of the payment period knowing the company was about to go bankrupt, and whether they immediately transferred assets or shut down communication channels after the check bounced. If these facts can be linked together with LINE conversations, emails, order forms, delivery slips, reasons for canceled checks, accounting records, and other information about other affected companies, the persuasiveness of the criminal complaint will be significantly improved.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, attention should be paid to the period of rights associated with the negotiable instrument. According to...<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=G0380001&amp;flno=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 22 of the Negotiable Instruments Law<\/a>The rights on a negotiable instrument may be subject to statute of limitations depending on the type of instrument and the party making the claim; if the instrument is a promissory note and meets the formal requirements, it may also be subject to statute of limitations.<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=G0380001&amp;flno=123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 123 of the Negotiable Instruments Law<\/a>Apply for a ruling on the promissory note, and then proceed with enforcement. In negotiable instrument cases, don&#039;t just rush to criticize the other party; prioritize upholding the statute of limitations and the pace of enforcement.<\/p>\n<h2>When businesses seek to recover outstanding payments, criminal prosecution cannot replace civil preservation measures.<\/h2>\n<p>Many companies mistakenly believe that simply filing a fraud lawsuit will allow prosecutors to recover their money. This is a common misconception. The focus of criminal proceedings is to pursue criminal liability, not to collect accounts receivable for the company. Even if a criminal case is established, without simultaneously planning civil claims, injunctive relief, or enforcement proceedings, it is still possible for the other party to be convicted, but the company to remain unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>If the claim is clear, such as with contracts, quotations, purchase orders, shipping documents, receipts, invoices, statements of account, and collection records, a payment order can be requested.<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=B0010001&amp;flno=508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 508 of the Civil Procedure Law<\/a>A creditor may petition the court for a payment order for a certain amount of money or other substitutes. If the other party does not object according to law, there is an opportunity to obtain a basis for enforcement; if the other party objects, the case will proceed to litigation.<\/p>\n<p>If it has been observed that the other party has divested its assets, closed its company, transferred equipment, sold vehicles, moved goods, or transferred accounts receivable, a provisional attachment should be assessed. According to...<a href=\"https:\/\/law.moj.gov.tw\/LawClass\/LawSingle.aspx?pcode=B0010001&amp;flno=522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 522 of the Civil Procedure Law<\/a>Article 523 allows creditors to apply for provisional attachment to preserve monetary claims when future enforcement may be difficult. Speed and the density of evidence are crucial in such procedures; delaying processing until asset transfer is complete often results in only a favorable judgment.<\/p>\n<h2>Must the company&#039;s head use their personal assets to cover their losses?<\/h2>\n<p>If the counterparty is a limited liability company or a joint-stock company, the company is generally responsible for its debts. Creditors cannot demand that the person in charge personally use their property or savings to repay debts simply because the company owes money. This is a real obstacle many creditors encounter when trying to collect debts.<\/p>\n<p>However, those in charge are not always without risk. If the person in charge personally signs guarantees, issues or endorses promissory notes, promises payment in their own name, or personally uses fraudulent methods in transactions, liability may extend from the company to the individual. If the person in charge knowingly demands delivery from manufacturers with false claims despite the company&#039;s inability to fulfill its obligations, and then quickly resells the goods, conceals payments, or empties the company premises after receiving them, they may face not only civil liability but also the risk of criminal fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, when handling a case, creditors should not only look at the company name, but also at the actual order placer, negotiator, recipient, payment guarantor, and the flow of funds. What someone said and did at key moments will directly affect whether the responsible person can be held accountable.<\/p>\n<h2>What should we do immediately to avoid turning a good case into a bad one?<\/h2>\n<p>When you discover that your company is owed money, the first step is not to immediately send emotional messages or publicly accuse the other party of fraud on social media. These actions may distract from the case or even lead to defamation disputes. The correct approach is to first preserve evidence by organizing contracts, quotations, orders, shipping documents, receipts, invoices, statements, payment commitments, copies of checks, bounced check reasons, payment reminders, call log summaries, and the other party&#039;s company registration information in chronological order.<\/p>\n<p>The second step is to differentiate the objectives. If the objective is to recover the money quickly, priority should usually be given to evaluating payment orders, lawsuits, preliminary attachments, bill proceedings, or settlement guarantees. If the objective is to address a malicious transaction pattern, then the criminal complaint should be evaluated for evidence of fraud, error, disposition of property, and unlawful intent. Both can be pursued concurrently, but the presentation of evidence will differ.<\/p>\n<p>The third step is to avoid signing unfavorable settlements. Many debtors will propose installment payments, but if the settlement agreement does not clearly specify the due date, whether a missed payment is considered full payment, the guarantor, the bills, penalties, the court of jurisdiction, and enforcement arrangements, it may ultimately just be a legal delaying tactic for the other party. Corporate debt collection is not just about getting an apology or promise; it&#039;s about turning those promises into enforceable legal documents.<\/p>\n<h2>The lawyer advises: Make the case &quot;enforceable&quot; rather than just &quot;angry.&quot;<\/h2>\n<p>In disputes over payment for goods, the most important factor is not the intensity of emotions, but the legal approach. If the evidence only shows that the other party owes money, civil proceedings should be used to quickly obtain a judgment for enforcement. If the evidence shows that the other party set up a trap from the beginning of the transaction, the facts of fraud should be presented in a way that the prosecutor can understand. If the other party is currently in a state of financial distress, a false seizure is often more crucial than writing several demand letters.<\/p>\n<p>For businesses, recovering payments afterward is merely a remedy; the more important aspect is establishing pre-transaction risk control. High-risk clients should have their company registration verified, their responsible personnel&#039;s background confirmed, payment records verified, their creditworthiness assessed, and their past litigation and transaction amounts confirmed. Large transactions should require deposits, installment deliveries, personal guarantees, promissory notes, collateral, or retention of title clauses. Truly effective business legal services go beyond simply litigating; they help companies avoid pitfalls before even signing contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group fdlaw-high-intent-faq fdlaw-high-intent-faq-company-debt-fraud-20260706 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">What can a lawyer do to assist a company when it is owed money or when checks bounce?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If a company has already shipped goods, completed services, or delivered results, but encounters customers defaulting on payments, bounced checks, or maliciously avoiding meetings, the approach should not only focus on &quot;whether fraud can be sued,&quot; but also simultaneously assess the evidence configuration for civil recovery, injunctive relief, payment orders, enforcement, and criminal prosecution. For business owners, company executives, or financial managers, preserving contracts, orders, reconciliation records, shipping documents, acceptance records, invoices, checks, remittance records, and conversations with both parties as soon as possible will directly affect the subsequent recovery outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fidelity Law Firm handles corporate payments, contract performance, and<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/commercial\/\">Business disputes<\/a>When dealing with cases involving both civil and criminal matters, we first determine whether the other party simply lacks the ability to pay, or whether there are signs of fraud, concealment of assets, malicious bounced checks, or asset stripping from the beginning of the transaction. Then we decide whether to take measures such as evidence-gathering letters, lawyer&#039;s letters, payment orders, provisional attachment, civil litigation, criminal fraud complaints, or settlement negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Related services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you are the head of a company, business, or enterprise, you may refer to the following further information:<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/commercial\/\">Business lawyers and commercial dispute resolution<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/civil\/\">Civil litigation and provisional seizure<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/consulting\/\">Company Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">If a company is owed money for goods, can it always be sued for fraud?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Not necessarily. If it&#039;s just a matter of insufficient payment ability after the transaction, it usually leans towards civil debt; however, if the other party has no intention of paying from the beginning, or has a false identity, a shell company, repeatedly defaults on payments, or immediately divests assets after receiving the goods, it is more likely to be assessed as criminal fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">What should a company do first after a check bounces?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You should immediately preserve the return of cheques, contracts, orders, account statements, shipping and acceptance documents, and assess whether to first issue a depositary letter, apply for a payment order, apply for preliminary attachment, or initiate civil proceedings to prevent the other party from transferring assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Do I need a lawyer&#039;s assistance to 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Below is a summary of related topics and services offered by Fidelity Law Firm that can be further explored after reading this article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"box\"><h3>Extended Theme Group<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/\u5546\u52d9\u5211\u4e8b\u8207\u516c\u53f8\u8ca0\u8cac\u4eba\u5211\u4e8b\u98a8\u96aa\uff5c\u5bcc\u9054\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\/\">Business criminal and criminal risks for company executives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/\u5951\u7d04\u5be9\u95b1\u3001\u82f1\u6587\u5951\u7d04\u3001\u570b\u969b\u8cbf\u6613\u8207\u5546\u52d9\u5408\u7d04\u722d\u8b70\uff5c\/\">Contract review, English contracts, international trade and business contract disputes<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"box\"><h3>Related services<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/civil\/\">Civil litigation agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/commercial\/\">Business lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/legalconsulting\/\">Legal advice<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"faq\" id=\"faq-public-company-debt-fraud\"><details><summary>If a company cannot collect payments, should it file a lawsuit first or submit a deposit certificate and letter of inquiry?<\/summary><p>It is necessary to examine the evidence of the debt, the other party&#039;s assets, payment commitments, and whether there is a risk of asset stripping; 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The following content can help you explore related topics further and quickly determine your next steps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdlaw-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/\u5546\u52d9\u5211\u4e8b\u8207\u516c\u53f8\u8ca0\u8cac\u4eba\u5211\u4e8b\u98a8\u96aa\uff5c\u5bcc\u9054\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\/\">Corporate recourse and commercial criminal risks<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/contracts\/\uff5c\u5bcc\u9054\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\/\">Contract review, English contracts and international trade<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/company-debt-fraud\/\">Can a company sue for fraud if it is owed money for goods?<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/taiwan-debt-collection-lawyer\/\">English Business Debt Collection and Contract Request<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdlaw-faq\"><details><summary>Can a company directly sue for fraud if it is owed money for goods?<\/summary><p>Not necessarily. Simple non-payment is usually still a civil debt, but if there is fraud, fictitious transactions, forgery, or malicious disposition of assets from the outset, then criminal fraud, breach of trust, or other liabilities need to be assessed.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>What should be the first step for a company to collect outstanding payments?<\/summary><p>First, preserve contracts, orders, invoices, delivery or acceptance records, chat logs, and payment information, then determine whether to send a lawyer&#039;s letter, request a payment order, file for preliminary attachment, or directly file a lawsuit.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>Why should a business lawyer be involved in the evaluation of a payment for goods case?<\/summary><p>Disputes over payment for goods often involve contract terms, trade practices, performance defects, the responsibility of company leaders, and future cooperation relationships. 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