| As the core of the modern economy, finance plays a significant role of the economy operation and the nation economy development. In recent years, with the growing prosperity of the financial markets, the situation of the financial fraud crime in our country is more and more serious. The volume of the financial fraud crime increased year by year, the amount of money involved also on the rise. It is necessary and realistic for an in-depth study, from both protecting the financial order and punishing the crime. However, the theory and practice justice departments almost pay attention to the identification of illegal possession purpose in crime of financial fraud. So, the study on this topic has a strong theoretical and practical significance.This paper is divided into 6 parts. The introduction part elaborates on the present research status at home and abroad, the significance of this research and the major research methods used in the paper. The second part is about the concept and status of the illegal possession purpose, to determine its true meaning. The third part describes the contents and methods to identify the illegal possession purpose in the financial fraud crime. The problems and the reasons in the identification are discussed in the fourth part, and the suggestions have been stated in the fifth part. The last part, as the conclusion, summarizes the viewpoint of the thesis. |