Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

Fraud 107
Extract of the subsidiary questionnaire
S.2 Fraud
Standard definition: Deceiving someone or taking advantage of someone’s
error with the intent to unlawfully gain financial benefits, thereby causing the
deceived person to enter any operation that will be damaging to his or a third
person’s financial interests (including attempts).
A. Distinction between fraud and other property offences
There are several property offences, that, may be somehow related to fraud
but that should be excluded from fraud data. Such offences include forgery of
documents, tax offences, money laundering, breaching of
trust/embezzlement, handling of stolen property, etc.
Beyond the data you provide, you are kindly requested to answer also the following
questions regarding the legal situation in your country.
What are the essential elements of fraud in your country? Please mark them
with an ‘X’ and give any additional observation.
(1) Deception of victim by
false representation
(2) Transaction (i.e. transfer
of property or money) by
victim following deception
(3) Damage to victim or a
third party
(4) Causal link between (1),
(2) and (3)
(5) Deception must not be
trivial to discover
(6) Consuming
goods/services without
intent to pay
(7) Other (please specify)
Not required
in fraud
Observations