Some issues of periodisation of the investigation of frauds committed with the use of telephone communication means

The article considers the subsequent stage as an important component of the methodology of investigation of frauds committed with the use of means of telephone communication. In particular, the author points out the insufficiency of scientific research on the problem under consideration, as well as the lack of a unified approach to determining the time of the beginning of the subsequent stage of the investigation of the offence. The analysis of studies on this issue indicates the most common opinion about the beginning of the considered stage of investigation in accordance with the criminal procedural legislation - the issuance of a ruling on bringing in as an accused. Taking into account the peculiarities of the criminalistic characteristics of frauds committed with the use of means of telephone communication, in particular, the lack of data on the person who committed the offence at the initial stage of investigation, the author concludes that the boundaries of the stages of investigation in crimes of the type under consideration are dynamic and the beginning of the subsequent stage of investigation after the initial investigative actions.