Analysis of the criminal offense of computer fraud in the legislation of the Republic of Serbia
Teodora Čordarov · 2024
One of the common phenomenological forms of financial crime, which dimensions have become worrying in the modern world, is the crime of computer fraud. The development of information and communication technologies, accompanied by increasingly frequent transactions in cyberspace, has led to numerous benefits in all spheres of business and social life, but also to numerous opportunities for their abuse. These changes, in addition to numerous advantages and benefits in business, have also brought a series of challenges related to the emergence of computer crime and its various forms, threats, risks and consequences. One of them is computer fraud, which is prescribed by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia and which includes various ways of manipulating computer data and computer systems with the intention of obtaining illegal property benefits for oneself or others. Taking into account the aforementioned legal provision, it is evident that there is a very diverse phenomenological framework for the execution of computer fraud in practice. Therefore, the subject of this research paper will be the analysis of this criminal offense in the legislation of the Republic of Serbia as well as the relevant case studies.