The identity of the criminal who commits fraudulent actions using electronic means of payment: a criminological assessment

Introduction: the article is on the criminological features of the person who commits theft of funds using IT, electronic data carriers, including payment cards. Materials and Methods: the methodology of the study was general and special methods: comparative and legal, chronological, statistical etc. The study materials were statistical data of the Main Information and Analytical Center of MIA of Russia, Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as published materials of the Bank of Russia. Results: the author reviewed features of the person who commits fraudulent actions with the use of electronic means of payment. The special attention was paid to social and demographic, motivational, social and role features of the modern criminal. Discussion and Conclusions: the author presents the description of criminological profile of the identity of the offender who commits crimes using electronic means of payment; substantiates the influence of social status, educational level, age and moral peculiarities on the formation of the personality of the offender.