IT-investigator in the digital environment of criminal proceedings

This paper is devoted to the issues of investigation of crimes characterized by complexity and extensive use of digital technologies. The authors argue that criminal proceedings nowadays need modernization through the involvement of technology, as well as the provision of highly qualified investigators who are able to use the knowledge of interdisciplinary sciences to solve technogenic problems of criminal proceedings. Many crimes are committed with the use of modern technologies. At the same time, crimes are becoming more and more sophisticated and technological. They can be investigated by IT-investigators. It seems that the level of competence of the latter can be determined by the category of crimes, defined by the method of committing crimes. Highly qualified investigators should also investigate crimes related to digital financial assets and digital currency. The authors substantiate that an IT investigator should be able to work with big data, read expert opinions on the results of computer-technical examinations of any complexity, widely use electronic documents, and in the future use an electronic assistant. Digital video library, audio recordings and photos can be accumulated in cloud spaces, regarding which today there are various proposals for the application of software, modeling, algorithmization of processes.