Elena Mikhailovskaya, advocate, counselor of criminal law and general practice of Alliance Legal Consulting Group, speaker at XVI International Conference event “Economic Crimes: Russian and Foreign Experience”.
Elena Mikhailovskaya, advocate, counselor of criminal and general practice of Alliance Legal Consulting Group, speaker at the XVI International Round Table “Economic Crimes: Russian and Foreign Experience”.
The topic: “BLOCK ON NEGATIVITY: THE MODERN TREND OF EXTORTION”.
Over the past few years there have been a number of high-profile criminal trials against administrators of Telegram channels. The reason for them was the defendants' demands for money for deleting negative publications or installing blocks on them.
To be charged with extortion, the demand for money must come from the administrator of the site or channel and be accompanied by a threat.
On the example of a specific criminal case the objective side of such Internet extortion is analyzed, as well as the difference between the qualification of extortion and fraud in similar situations.
As a result, it is concluded that the main difference is in the way of committing the crime. In extortion - it is a threat, and in fraud - deception.
️ You can read the materials of the conference on the corporate website of the company in the section “Expert Activity”.
*Kutafin Moscow State Law University - The Research and Education Center is a structural subdivision of the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education “Kutafin Moscow State Law University”.