Procedural and organizational aspects of investigation of insurance fraud

Introduction: this article examines the criminal procedural and organizational features of the preliminary investigation in the form of an inquiry in criminal cases about crimes provided for in Part 1 of Article 159.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Materials and Methods: when considering the problems of research, such general scientific and specific scientific dialectical methods of cognition as analysis, synthesis, comparative legal method, etc. were used. The material of the study was summarized statistical data on the state of criminal record in Russia for 2017-2019. Results: the result of the study of the problems arising during the investigation of criminal cases of fraud in the field of insurance are formulated theoretically grounded recommendations on the conduct of certain procedural and investigative actions performed by the inquiry officer. Discussions and Conclusions: in the course of the study, a conclusion was formulated about the sufficient legal complexity of criminal cases on fraud in the field of insurance, about the presence of problems arising in the organization of the production of inquiry on the named category of cases, recommendations were formulated to overcome these problems.