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The article, based on the analysis of the empirical base (criminal cases considered by the courts of the Republic of Belarus and verification materials on crime reports), presents the main types of computerized information being created during the frauds and thefts preparation and commission by official powers abuse when ordering and accepting software. The author distinguishes computerized information directly related to software development and computerized information related to other theft circumstances. The most probable computer storage devices on cases of the category under consideration are determined. The organizational and tactical features of collecting evidentiary computerized information, its examining and analyzing are described. The main stages of examining of a mobile device containing forensically significant computerized information are identified. Questions for the computer-technical examination appointment are formulated, during which the software being checked should be assessed. The study of the materials of investigative and forensic practice allows us to state that the solution of diagnostic (software compliance with certain criteria, terms of the contract, technical specifications, etc.) and identifying (program code comparison) problems are of the most significance.
computerized information, theft, fraud, software, crime investigation, tactics of investigative actions
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