Classification of criminal offenses in the field of economic activity related to the circulation of information

Abstract

The article analyzes the existing points of view regarding the classification of criminal offenses in the field of economic activity in general and those related to the circulation of information. The discussion revolves, first of all, around the definition of the object of this group of criminal offenses, and since the generic object is one of the criteria used for the classification of criminal offenses, accordingly, the issue of such classification is also not unequivocally resolved. The analysis of the existing classifications of criminal offenses in the field of economic activity allows us to conclude that the relevant criminal offenses, the subject of which is information, may belong to different groups. The main criterion for such classifications is the object of criminal offenses. Any classification is conditional, since criminal offenses in the field of economic activity usually encroach on several specific (direct) objects, and are placed in only one classification group. Within the scope of the study, it is suggested that the distribution of criminal offenses related to the circulation of information in the field of economic activity be carried out as follows: 1) criminal offenses related to the circulation of information in the system of money circulation, the stock market, and the circulation of individual documents (art. 200, 2231, 2321, 2322, 2323 Criminal Code of Ukraine); 2) criminal offenses related to the circulation of information when engaged in economic activity (art. 2051, 2091 Criminal Code of Ukraine); 3) criminal offenses related to the circulation of information in the field of lending (art. 2201, 2202, 222 Criminal Code of Ukraine); 4) criminal offenses related to the circulation of information during fair competition (art. 231, 232 Criminal Code of Ukraine).