Shishmareva Ekaterina Vladimirovna Isakova Alisa Sergeevna

The criminalistic and procedural aspects of the fraud investigation process committed using information and communication technologies are considered. Based on the study of statistical data reflecting the absolute indicators of the type of crime under consideration, qualitative and quantitative changes indicating negative trends have been identified. The structure of the criminalistic characteristics of fraud in the field of information and communication technologies is considered. Typical methods of committing fraud in the field of ICT are presented, the mechanism of trace formation is analyzed, the defining aspects characterizing the perpetrators of the acts in question and the characteristics inherent in the victims are highlighted. Based on the analysis of the materials of criminal cases, the directions of the investigation of fraud committed in the field of information and communication technologies are determined, the expertise typical for this group of acts and the specifics of the process of their appointment are presented. Based on the results of the research, a material has been compiled on typical problems of investigating fraud in the field of ICT, the reasons for their commission, gaps in legislation and proposals aimed at preventing these crimes.

fraud, law, information and communication technologies, expertise, mobile technologies, act, law

Shishmareva Ekaterina Vladimirovna – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Judicial Law, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-2925-4472, RSCI Author ID: 692051, e-mail: chalv@bk.ru

Isakova Alisa Sergeevna – investigator of OD OP N 5, Intermunicipal Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Bratskoye” (9а, passage Industrial, Bratsk, 665700, Russian Federation), e-mail: alisaisakova1988@mail.ru

Shishmareva E.V., Isakova A.S. Kriminalisticheskie aspekty rassledovaniya moshennichestva, sovershennogo s ispol'zovaniem informacionno-kommunikacionnyx texnologij [Criminalistic aspects of the investigation of fraud committed using information and communication technologies] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2025, no 4 (111), pp. 141–146. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2025.4.141 (in Russian).

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