SCIENTIFIC DISPUTES REGARDING TACTICAL OPERATIONS REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF INITIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVENT AND THE DETECTION OF SIGNS OF FRAUD IN THE FIELD OF THE USE OF BANKING ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS

Abstract

The scientific article is devoted to some aspects of fraud investigation in the field of using bank electronic payments. It is noted that currently in forensics there is such a scientific category as «tactical operations». On the other hand, in the general theory of the methodology of the investigation of criminal offenses, this tool is almost never found. In turn, we consider it the most optimal for criminal proceedings in cases of fraud in the field of using bank electronic payments. After all, fraudsters in the investigated category of criminal proceedings have high intellectual development and computer literacy. Therefore, any delay in the implementation of the specified actions can lead to the destruction of important evidentiary information (virtual, material or ideal). At the same time, the implementation of appropriate tactical operations will maximally protect law enforcement officers from the specified negative consequences. It was determined that a tactical operation is a set of investigative (search) actions, covert investigative (search) actions and other procedural measures that solve a specific tactical task, which is of direct importance for the effective implementation of a certain criminal proceeding. The tasks that must be solved during the implementation of tactical operations regarding the collection of initial information about the circumstances of the event and the detection of signs of fraud in the field of using bank electronic payments are formulated, in particular: 1) conditions that preceded the commission of fraudulent actions; 2) specific electronic computing equipment, with the help of which fraudulent actions were implemented; 3) number of facts of illegal activity; 4) the time of committing the fraud, as well as the duration of the specified actions; 5) the number of victims who suffered as a result of the actions of fraudsters; 6) methods of fraudulent actions (phishing, carding, sniffing); 7) participants in committing fraud, their number and the role of each; 8) persons who can provide forensically significant information about the circumstances of the fraud and the persons involved in it; 9) collection of other data related to the event and sources of forensically significant information.