Abstract
The paper defines the basic forms of computer crime with an emphasis on identity theft as a special form that would de lege ferenda be characterized and adequately prescribed as a criminal offense in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia. The aim of the work is to show the place of identity theft in the spectrum of various criminal acts that are classified as high-tech crime. The paper is divided into three parts, where the first is an introductory presentation describing the way in which the very rapid development of information and communication technologies affects the development of new methods for their abuse, after which the definitions of identity theft and its characteristics are described. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the ways, characteristics and modalities of identity theft, while the third part gave importance to the ways of protection and prevention of identity theft, within which a reasoned proposal was given for defining it in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia. At the end of the paper, a short summary is given in the form of a conclusion.
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