Criminal legal signs of a special subject of fraud committed by a person using his official position

In the article the authors consider the criminal law signs of persons committing crimes under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by a person using his official position). The materials of this study were statistical data on the state of crime in the territory of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts in the field of research as well as the materials of law enforcement practice on crimes provided by Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In the process of research, general scientific and particular scientific methods of cognition and structural-logical and criminal-legal methods as well as the method of comparative analysis were applied. Based on the results of the study, adjustments of the provisions of regulatory legal acts are suggested.