SOME FEATURES OF THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IDENTITY OF THE ORGANIZER OF THE FINANCIAL PYRAMID

Introduction: The article is devoted to the study of the identity of the criminal – the organizer of activities to attract funds and (or) other property (financial pyramid). Materials and Methods: The methodology of the study was general and special methods: comparative and legal, statistical etc. The study materials were the norms of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, scientific literature, statistical data of the Main Information and Analytical Center of MIA of Russia, Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the published materials of the Bank of Russia. Results: Based on the study of statistical data, the author compiled a criminological portrait of the identity of the criminal – the organizer of activities to attract funds and (or) other property (financial pyramid). Discussions and Conclusions: the author identified social and demographical figures, social status, and moral and psychological properties of the criminal committing a crime of the category under consideration.