The orientation of deception in the fraudulent use of payment cards

Introduction: the article discusses changes in the concept of fraud in the historical aspect. Purpose: to analyze the possibility of the orientation of deception in fraud towards third persons that do not have the right to property disposal. Methods: the methodological framework of the study is based on the dialectical method along with general and specific scientific methods of research, including the formal legal, comparative legal, technical legal methods. Results: the authors criticize Article 159.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation since in its new wording the legislator has diverged from the historically established notion of fraud and introduced the possibility of orienting deception in fraud towards persons that do not have control over property, which contradicts the legal nature of fraud. Conclusions: the authors insist on excluding Article 159.3 from the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and on making amendments to paragraph 13 of the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as offer a new version of the paragraph.