Forensic classification of fraud committed by group of persons as the source of formation of the basic methods of their detection and investigation

Introduction: Criminalistics classification of frauds committed by a group of persons provides the basis for forensic research at the monographic level to form an appropriate basic methodology for their disclosure, investigation and prevention. The object of the study in the article were frauds committed by a group of persons, and the features of their disclosure, investigation and prevention, and the subject - the laws of the mechanism of preparation, commission, concealment of fraud committed by a group of persons, the emergence of information, patterns of their disclosure, investigation and prevention. Materials and methods: the legal framework of the study was the Constitution of the Russian Federation, criminal law, criminal procedure law governing the disclosure, investigation and prevention of fraud committed by a group of persons, the official statistics for the last five years, the results of the analysis of criminal cases under art. 159, 159.1, 159.2, 159.3, 159...