艺术品拍卖诈骗的刑法分析

The Criminal Law Analysis on Auction Fraud of Artworks

艺术品市场繁荣发展的同时,投机者为了获得暴利,将赝品充斥在艺术品交易市场中,这种知假拍假的行为不仅给买受人带来了巨大的经济损失,也导致人们对艺术品交易市场产生严重的信任危机。因此此种行为具有严重的刑事违法性,应当用刑法予以规制。另外,此种知假拍假行为属于虚构事实、隐瞒真相的欺诈行为,免责条款也不能排除其行为的欺诈性,并且买受人内心的不确信也不能阻却欺诈行为与受骗人陷入错误之间的因果关系,最终,行为人实现了非法占有财物的目的,因此应当用诈骗罪对其予以规制。

With the rapid development of the art market, lots of fakes are flooding the market due to the speculators＇ thirst for huge profits, and frequently corae the news thai ＂sky-high priced＂ fakes are sold in auctions. The deliberate auction fraud has not only brought huge economic losses to the buyers, it will also cause a serious crisis of confidence in the art nmrket over time. Therefore, auction fraud should be regulated by the Criminal l,aw as a serious criminal offence. In addition, owing to its nature of concealing the truth and fabricating facts, exemption clauses can not rule out the actors＇ fraudulence and the buyers＇ suspicion can not cut off the causal relationship between the dupe＇s errors and fraudulen! conducts, and the perpetrators achieve the ultimate purpose of illegal possession of property, so this act should be regulated by the crime of fraud.