criminal-law
Confessing for a crime which has not been committed
<p>A person confessed to a lawyer over phone for a blackmailing (his lover)crime which he didn't commit. Will he able to file a complaint against that person only with his confession? But such crime has not occured and the lawyer doesn't know any other details</p>

<p>The person who is blackmailed can file a criminal complaint. A random person who thinks there was a crime cannot. A person's lawyer especially cannot even anonymously tip off the police about bad past act of the client.</p>
