Legal Mechanisms for Countering Fraud in the Financial Market

One of the directions of protecting the rights of consumers of financial services, relevant not only for the Russian Federation, but also for other countries, has become the counteraction to fraud in the financial market. Fraud in the financial market has always existed, but in recent years both the number of criminal attacks and the number and variety of criminal schemes have increased significantly. The article analyzes the main problems associated with the increase in the number of cases of fraud in the financial market, as well as new legislative measures adopted in the Russian Federation to counteract criminal attacks on the rights of consumers of financial services.