Fraud under the Criminal Code of Russia, Central Asia and the Asia Pacific region

The author in the article examines the problems of classification of methods of committing fraud in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, in the states of Central Asia and the Russian Federation. Draws attention to the specifics of victims when criminals use fraudulent activities using modern digital devices. As an advanced positive experience, the author proposes to pay attention to the peculiarities of legislative consolidation of formsof counteraction to fraudulent actions in countries such as Japan, South Korea, and China. In addition to the Asia-Pacific countries, the author examines the specifics of legislative consolidation in the criminal codes of a number of Central Asian countries. To reveal the research topic, the author uses the following methods of cognition: comparative legal, historical, systemic. It is also proposed to supplement Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with an additional qualifying feature, if it is committed in relation to elderly people and minors.