THE CONCEPT AND ESSENCE OF COUNTERING FRAUD, COMMITTED UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Abstract

The article is devoted to clarifying the concept, essence and effectiveness of combating fraud committed under martial law, including through illegal operations with the use of electronic computing equipment, as a criminal offense in particular. The author analyzes the state of scientific research on the issues of combating fraud committed under martial law through illegal transactions with the use of electronic computing equipment. The author defines the peculiarities of the "key" elements of counteraction to fraud, in general, and fraud committed under martial law through illegal operations using electronic computing equipment in particular, and analyzes the state of research on theoretical levels and effectiveness of counteraction which are essential in the operational and investigative counteraction to fraud and the knowledge of which in the practical activities of the National Police of Ukraine enables operatives to counteract this type of criminal offense as efficiently as possible in the shortest possible time. The author analyzes empirical data from departmental reporting and obtains a mathematical basis in terms of registered (detected), solved and unsolved fraud crimes. Based on the practical experience gained in combating fraud, the author's vision of the reasons for the significant balance of unsolved criminal offenses of fraud in general, the possible ways to solve the disclosure of this type of criminal offense is highlighted, and an example of a "certain period" in criminal proceedings (taking into account criminal proceedings of previous years and the current period) from the established fact of an unsolved crime to its disclosure is formulated. During the period under study, the author identifies the most likely national events which "contributed" and "influenced" the dynamics of fraud as a type of criminal offense. It is concluded that counteraction to fraud consists of "key" elements of theoretical categories which should be considered in more detail in terms of each key element separately and the totality of these elements in general, in combination with the use of the latest technologies for the most effective counteraction to manifestations and elimination of fraud.