Criminal law protection of public relations in field of digital financial assets and digital currency

Occupation: Prosecutor of the Main Criminal-Judicial Department, Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation
Affiliation: Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 11

Pages

132-138

Abstract

Differences in the definitions of digital financial assets, digital currency and cryptocurrencies cause difficulties not only for law enforcement officers, but also in the science of Criminal Law. The author’s research has shown that the term “cryptocurrency” is not included in the concept of digital currency, and moreover cryptocurrencies are not digital financial assets. Cryptocurrencies are defined by the author as a virtual asset that can be an object of financial activity and, together with digital rights and digital currency, all types of virtual assets are involved in monetary circulation, and, accordingly, the relations that develop in this area are subject to criminal protection as a type of financial activity. The author substantiates the conclusion that the list of objects protected by criminal law should include economic (financial) relations, part of which are legal relations in the sphere of turnover of virtual assets. The place of such legal relations in the section of crimes against the economy has been determined.

Keywords

digital financial assets, digital currency, digital rights, cryptocurrency, virtual assets, financial crimes

Received

18.11.2022

Publication date

04.12.2023

Number of characters

24088

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GOST	Dolgieva M. Criminal law protection of public relations in field of digital financial assets and digital currency // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2023. – Issue 11 C. 132-138 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S0023126-8-1 (circulation date: 07.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520023126-9
MLA	Dolgieva, Madina M "Criminal law protection of public relations in field of digital financial assets and digital currency." Gosudarstvo i pravo 11 (2023):132-138. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520023126-9
APA	Dolgieva M. (2023). Criminal law protection of public relations in field of digital financial assets and digital currency. Gosudarstvo i pravo (11), pp.132-138 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520023126-9

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