Concerning some problems of fraud classification in the computer information field

In the contemporary society the computer information in its various manifestations is actively used for civilian traffic, and therefore, is increasingly becoming a target of criminal attacks. The article analyzes the regulation, recently included in the Criminal Code, which envisages criminal liability for fraud in the field of computer information. The authors dispute the correctness of the chosen conceptual approach of the legislator to consider the fraud only in some certain areas of the public activity. The introduction of the criminal legal regulation, specified in the article 159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, seems to be questionable, as well as the correctness of its content. The authors show the lack of consistency in the article 159.6 of the Criminal Code, state its weak points and ways to improve them.