IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMES RELATED TO ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTING SERVICES ON LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES
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Article
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Published
Received:
03.06.2024
Accepted:
08.07.2024
Published:
08.07.2024
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Fraud, consulting firms, operational investigative activities, operational investigative measures, documentation, money laundering
Abstract (English):
Introduction. The article focuses on problematic issues that occur in the context of misleading persons in need of legal services by unscrupulous persons providing these services. Fraud in the field of providing legal assistance on legal and financial issues to citizens and legal entities, through the creation of consulting firms, law offices and financial pyramids, is today a serious threat to Russia's economic security. Fraudsters acting on behalf of consulting firms, whose task is to provide qualified legal assistance, undermine the authority of public authorities, create distrust of the current legislative legal regulation, deprive deceived citizens of colossal funds, property and other social benefits. Methods. In the course of the research, a general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality was used, which involves a complete and comprehensive study of phenomena, consideration of connections and contradictions between them. In addition, methods of description, logical comprehension, abstraction and generalization were used. Results. In order to timely identify signs of a crime by persons providing legal assistance and consulting services on legal and financial issues, as well as to establish schemes for the legalization of proceeds from crime, it is recommended to know the main ways that unscrupulous lawyers and consultants can use, as well as possible signs of such activities; check the period of existence of the company on the Internet, get acquainted with reviews about the company, its employees, information about its actual location and legal address; carefully read the terms of the prepared contract for the provision of such services, do not sign it without making sure that it is drawn up correctly; demand clarification of every incomprehensible clause of the contract; do not sign acts of completed work, if in fact the terms of the concluded contract have not yet been fulfilled. At the present stage of combating crime, timely identification of signs of an illegal act by persons providing legal assistance and consulting services on legal and financial issues, as well as the establishment of schemes for the legalization of proceeds from crime, is one of the priorities in the activities of operational units of internal affairs bodies.
Introduction. The article focuses on problematic issues that occur in the context of misleading persons in need of legal services by unscrupulous persons providing these services. Fraud in the field of providing legal assistance on legal and financial issues to citizens and legal entities, through the creation of consulting firms, law offices and financial pyramids, is today a serious threat to Russia's economic security. Fraudsters acting on behalf of consulting firms, whose task is to provide qualified legal assistance, undermine the authority of public authorities, create distrust of the current legislative legal regulation, deprive deceived citizens of colossal funds, property and other social benefits. Methods. In the course of the research, a general scientific dialectical method of cognition of the surrounding reality was used, which involves a complete and comprehensive study of phenomena, consideration of connections and contradictions between them. In addition, methods of description, logical comprehension, abstraction and generalization were used. Results. In order to timely identify signs of a crime by persons providing legal assistance and consulting services on legal and financial issues, as well as to establish schemes for the legalization of proceeds from crime, it is recommended to know the main ways that unscrupulous lawyers and consultants can use, as well as possible signs of such activities; check the period of existence of the company on the Internet, get acquainted with reviews about the company, its employees, information about its actual location and legal address; carefully read the terms of the prepared contract for the provision of such services, do not sign it without making sure that it is drawn up correctly; demand clarification of every incomprehensible clause of the contract; do not sign acts of completed work, if in fact the terms of the concluded contract have not yet been fulfilled. At the present stage of combating crime, timely identification of signs of an illegal act by persons providing legal assistance and consulting services on legal and financial issues, as well as the establishment of schemes for the legalization of proceeds from crime, is one of the priorities in the activities of operational units of internal affairs bodies.
Keywords:
Fraud, consulting firms, operational investigative activities, operational investigative measures, documentation, money laundering
Fraud, consulting firms, operational investigative activities, operational investigative measures, documentation, money laundering
