On the Classification of Typical Methods of Fraud in the Field of Construction at the Expense of the Federal Budget

Abstract

Currently, in the context of sanctions pressure exerted on our state from outside, the need to ensure the effective spending of budget funds allocated for the construction of significant industrial and infrastructure facilities is of particular importance in ensuring economic security. Improving the search and cognitive activities of law enforcement agencies investigating fraud in the field of construction at the expense of the federal budget is one of the measures aimed at achieving such a goal. When developing and improving provisions on a private forensic methodology for investigating a crime of any individual type, one cannot do without a thorough study of the method of its commission. At the same time, the approach to considering the very concept of the method of committing a crime has significant differences in various branches of scientific knowledge. In forensic science, there are also generally accepted ideas for the study of this scientific category. In our study of criminal activity in the field of construction at the expense of the federal budget, we also applied traditional forensic methods and techniques. In particular, we used the method of classifying the described concept from the generally accepted provisions of forensic systematics. This made it possible to identify and systematically present some patterns in a typical mechanism for committing the type of crimes we are considering. Some of the results we have obtained are presented in this article.