FRAUD AS AN ECONOMIC THREAT SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY

. The paper reveals the relevance of one of the most common types of criminal activity, fraud, and analyzes the identified crimes of fraud and identified persons of fraud, whose criminal cases have been sent to court, in the Russian Federation over the past 7 years. A forecast of one of the main indicators – the number of fraud crimes - has been carried out. A graph of empirical and trend levels of a number of dynamics is constructed. Based on the analysis of the indicators, measures are proposed to reduce the threat of fraud.