Ways of commitment fraud in tourist industry: forensic analysis

The article deals with the study of forensically significant features of the methods of fraud in the sphere of tourist services. Attention is paid to description of methods, clarifying their characteristics, determining the factors that affect their formation on the basis of what they were ordering. Laying the basis of a set of criteria for the classification, all the options of fraudulent activities in the tourism sector are summarized in three groups: fraudulent actions by entities that are authorized to conduct such activities (exercise deception in intent, or about a variety of actions and events) fraudulent actions on the part of the constituent entities, which have no official relationship to the tourism business, but on behalf of such persons. In a separate group of related fraudulent operations by individuals whose activity was expressed in support of actions required to obtain travel services. The purpose of the article is to analyze the approaches in the legal literature to the treatment of the crime, as well as to characterize the ways of committing fraud in the sphere of tourist services and their classification. Despite the wide range of opinions of scholars on the general issues of defining the concept and content of the crime, it should be noted that the scientific literature has not paid sufficient attention to the development of fraudulent practices in the provision of tourist services. You can find only the classification of criminal acts in the tourism business and criminal and criminal studies. There are many fraudulent schemes in the field of tourist services. Fraudulent actions may be taken either by entities having official authorization to carry out such activities (deceiving intentionally or by various actions and events) or by entities having no official relation to the tourist. Business, but act on behalf of such persons. Fraud can be directly or indirectly attributed to persons whose activities are asso-ciated with the activities required to obtain travel services (representatives of insurance companies, con-sulates, airlines, etc.).