, Russian Federation
The purpose of this article is to substantiate the proposal to define the concept of “right to property”, as well as crypto-currencies as the subject of theft by modifying computer information (Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), fraud in the field of computer information (Article 159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The author’s conclusions make it possible to identify directions for the transformation of the current provisions of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in terms of theft committed through the use of information technology.
fraud, theft, the object of theft, the right to property, cryptocurrency, computer information
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