Volume 11 - Volume 11
Use of Electronic Means of Payment as Ways of Crime Commission: Features of Investigation and Protection Routes
Abstract
The article deals with electronic payment systems and means as methods of committing criminal
encroachments on material and other objects belonging to citizens and organizations. Electronic
payment systems and means which have become widespread in recent years have proven vulnerable
to various types of criminals using this vulnerability for various purposes, including personal gain.
The purpose of this article is a comprehensive analysis of criminal encroachments on electronic
payment systems and funds carried out for personal gain to determine the way for law enforcement
agencies to counter them. The authors outline the concept of such systems and means according to
the norms of the current legislation, as well as the methods of committing crimes in this area
identified in forensic science. There is a description of elements of such crimes contained in the
criminal legislation of Russia and several countries. Some problems associated with difficulties in
qualifying crimes using electronic payment means have been identified. The authors' conclusions
about the need for the further scientific and practical study of qualification of criminal liability for
theft using electronic payment means are presented.
Paper Details
PaperID: 1804
Author's Name: V. Vasyukov, Elena F. Tsokur, Evgeniy V. Kirichenko, Valentina Romanovna Bugrova and Natalia Grigoryevna Bondarenko
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: Theft, Fraud, Material Gain, Computer Equipment.
Year: 2021
Month: April
Pages: 1868-1877