THE GROUP COMMITTING FRAUD AS PART OF THE BASIC FORENSIC CHARACTERIZATION
Introduction: the article examines both the processes of reflection of the mechanism of fraud committed by a group of persons in objective reality, and the scientific result of their knowledge - the basic forensic characteristic based on the relationship between the formation, activity and disintegration of a group. Object - fraud committed by a group of persons, and the specifics of their disclosure, investigation and prevention. Subject - patterns based on knowledge of the formation, activity and disintegration of a group committing fraud, provided for by Articles 159, 15.1, 159.2, 159.3, 159.5, 159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The research methodology is a study of criminal cases and a survey of the subjects of preliminary investigation. Materials and Methods: the normative basis of the research is formed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, criminal and criminal procedural legislation. The methodological basis of the study was the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, which is universal in nature, as well as the methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods and techniques of observation, comparison, analysis, generalization and description. Results of the Study: the content of the formation, activity and disintegration of a group committing fraud, as an element of the corresponding basic forensic characteristics, is of particular importance to it, expresses the subordination of other elements. Findings and Conclusions: the conceptual foundations and research tasks of the basic methodology for disclosing and investigating fraud committed by a group of persons are the starting point of its formation, during which changes and improvements are possible, which, first of all, are aimed at obtaining effective scientific forensic products in the fight against theft by fraud, committed by a group of persons.