The subject of the crime of illegal turnover of electronic means of payments

The article is devoted to the issues of criminal law protection of relations in the sphere of illegal turnover of electronic means of payments. The effectiveness of protection is questioned in view of the bluntness of the criminal law norm, the need to refer to regulatory legislation and the inconsistency of the terminology of the protective and positive branches of law on the research topic. These problems complicate the activities of law enforcement agencies to identify signs of a crime, which is why the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to use a systematic approach when making appropriate changes to art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, taking into account the norms of current regulatory legislation.