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The purpose of this research is to analyze the type of fraud crime in Panama and internationally. With the objective of analyzing it, in order to identify whether the satisfaction of the victim is effectively given and what mechanisms our country has to face this criminal act. Knowing that fraudulent attitudes are used to commit it having an undue advantage of others, but really identify what elements are necessary for the crime of fraud to be constituted. It is evident how the idea that punishment must be followed to satisfy the victim is created and perpetuated. Different theories about the purpose of victim-centered punishment are critically analyzed. And it explores what mechanisms underlie that supposed complacency and how to deal with them in criminal law. It will seek to answer the questions raised by relating concepts obtained from the theoretical framework and results obtained through surveys and statistics provided by the institutions responsible for ensuring the protection and compliance with the rules in our country. Finally, we will conclude that it is a problem within the rules and that the victim does not really feel satisfied by the penalty, so it can be said that there is no firm certainty of punishment. Bringing as a consequence the behavior of the victim inclined towards the negativity of the system.