Cryptocurrency as a subject matter of bribery in higher education

The concept and types of the subject matter of bribery in the field of higher education are considered in the article, whereby great emphasis is placed on cryptocurrencies as a subject matter of crime. The author’s classification of the subject matter of bribery in the field of higher education is presented in the article. It is stated that due to the development of information technologies and electronic payments acceptance of a bribe in the form of crypto currencies is becoming more common. A forensic approach is used in studying the concept and types of digital footprints that can be left when committing bribery in the field of higher education using cryptocurrency as a subject matter of crime. The types of investigative actions that can be carried out in the analyzed criminal cases are studied as well.