Property in the form of an information object having monetary equivalent, as an object of theft of someone else’s property

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of recognizing an information object that has a monetary equivalent in the form of electronic means of payment, cryptocurrency, bonuses on card accounts, uncertified shares and other securities as the subject of theft of other people’s property, committed using information technologies. In the course of the study, there was made an analysis of judicial practice in criminal cases of the theft of electronic means of payment, statistics on the commission of crimes of this type, regulatory legal acts and scientific sources. Particular attention is paid to the issue of the theft of bonuses, the characteristics of this subject of theft and the existing schemes for committing these crimes. Based on the results of the study, a definition was formulated and a characteristic was given to information objects that have a monetary equivalent, in particular, electronic means of payment and bonuses, scientific and legal consolidation of a unified terminology is proposed in order to streamline the practice of investigating theft of someone else’s property, in particular, theft of someone else’s property, committed using information technologies.