Peculiarities of The Economic Crimes Committed with the Use of Information Technologies

Abstract

The article looks into peculiarities of the economic crimes committed using information technologies. Different approaches to the concept of the economic crime are analyzed to reveal types of economic crimes, which can be committed with the use of information technologies. It is stated that mostly two types of economic crimes could be committed using information technologies – online fraud and forgery. Subjects and objects of a forgery committed with the use of information technologies are analyzed. Close attention is paid to the online fraud and its specific features. The classification of types of the Internet fraud is made. Some specific characteristics of certain types of the Internet fraud are given in the article. Such types of the Internet fraud as spam, carding, phishing, fraud in online games are described. The main method used in the investigation is the method of comparative analysis, which was used to reveal differences between traditional economic crimes and economic crimes committed with the use if information technologies. The general conclusion was made that economic crimes committed with help of information technologies have a number of differences compared to traditional ones. These differences determine the features of the investigation of such crimes. In particular, such features are manifested in the implementation of operational and investigative measures and investigative actions.

The Objective Side of Declaring False Information

“…До факультативних -наслідки, причиновий зв'язок, час, місце, спосіб, обстановка, знаряддя і засоби вчинення кримінального правопорушення. Однак, якщо факультативні ознаки передбачені в диспозиції статті, то вони для конкретного кримінального правопорушення є обов'язковими (Cherniavskyi et al, 2021.…”

Criminal Liability for Cryptocurrency Transactions: Global Experience

“…This trend eventually allows organized groups and criminal organizations to implement more complex criminally illegal schemes of their illegal activities. As a result, the complexity of detection and investigation of such criminal offenses increases significantly (Cherniavskyi, et al, 2021b), which leads to a decrease in the level of security of human, society and the state. One of the measures aimed at combating transnational crime is the approval of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (United Nations, 2000).…”

“…The above criminal offenses, like many other computer criminal offenses, are characterized by complexity, as they require the offender to have special knowledge in the field of information technology, cryptography, financial transactions, etc. (Cherniavskyi et al, 2021b).…”

“…There may be several such places. They can be at a considerable distance from each other, be in vehicles, various institutions, in areas, including in different states and on continents (Cherniavskyi et al, 2021b). It is not uncommon to commit criminal offenses related to unauthorized interference with a computer, which blocks its operation and all available information.…”

“…In most cases, the direct subject of such criminal offenses is money, which due to its special status is of greatest interest to fraudsters. Other items, for the most part, can also be pre-equated to money, because, in the end, after acquiring the right to them, this property is resold (Cherniavskyi et al, 2021b). This also applies to cryptocurrency.…”