Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.22598/iele.2023.10.2.12
STUDY OF THE MECHANISM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIMES RELATED TO PYRAMID SCHEMES AND METHODS OF THEIR PREVENTION
Askhat Akhmadiyev
orcid.org/0009-0009-7570-1614
; Faculty of Postgraduate Education, Karaganda Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after Barimbek Beisenov, Karaganda, Republic of Kazakhstan
Maigul Balgozhina
; Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz, Karaganda, Republic of Kazakhstan
Kuandyk Tokubayev
; Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
Abstract
The objectives of scientific work are to conduct a detailed analysis of the mechanism of implementation of pyramid schemes, their classification, and features, which provides an opportunity to highlight methods of prevention and search for methods to reduce the level of such criminal activity. These objectives of the study can be achieved thanks to methodological approaches that reveal theoretical and practical aspects of the work. Such methodological approaches should include theoretical, dialectical, and formal-legal, as well as methods of deduction, induction, synthesis, and others. In the course of the study the mechanism for the implementation of the pyramid schemes, and the current state of the pyramid schemes were considered. The authors study the regulations of the activities of financial pyramids on the territory of several countries. The article listed the risks of crowdfunding and its impact on economic security and the economic system as a whole. In addition, shortcomings in criminal procedure legislation were highlighted. The specificity of the commission of this type of crime lies in its detection and avernment, based on which recommendations were made to improve the legislation, as well as the methods and ways of crime prevention related to the pyramid schemes.
Keywords
fraud; economic crime; investment; threat to economic security; financial awareness; prevention mechanism
Hrčak ID:
313132
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Publication date:
29.12.2023.
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