T The crime of fraud has the potential to be classified in the civil realm so that the defendant is not sentenced to a criminal sentence but rather an acquittal. this is what happened in decision number 67/pid.b/2024/pn btm jo decision 1253 k/pid/2024. the existing evidentiary process resulted in the perpetrator being acquitted because the panel of judges considered it not a criminal act. this study aims to analyze the law on the assessment of evidence by the judge in the criminal act of fraud in the sale and purchase of a trade center shophouse based on decision number 67/pid.b/2024/pn btm jo. cassation decision number 1253 k/pid/2024. the results of this study are normative legal assessments with a descriptive analytical nature. the results of this study state that the assessment of evidence by the panel of judges in decision number 67/pid.b/2024/pn btm and cassation number 1253 k/pid/2024 is inappropriate because it ignores the relationship between valid evidence according to articles 183 and 184 of the criminal procedure code of the criminal procedure code. documentary evidence, witness statements, instructions, and the defendant\\\'s statement are sufficient to prove the crime of fraud under article 378 of the criminal code. the judge\\\'s approach only looks at the problem of contractual default without considering the malicious intent carried out by the perpetrator by reducing the value of the payment of land acquisition fees (bphtb) as well as the cost of the sale and purchase deed (ajb) and the free but inappropriate ajb brochure charged to the victim which causes material losses to the victim.