Resistance and Ways of Overcoming It in the Investigation of Fraud in Utility Services

The author examines the patters of resistance to the investigation of fraud in the sphere of utility services, as well as of identifying and overcoming it. The problem is highly relevant as the scope of resistance to the investigation of such crimes is growing year by year, and new schemes aimed at disorganizing criminal investigations are invented. Contemporary criminal procedure legislation cannot fully resolve the existing problems in the opposition of the preliminary investigation bodies, on the one hand, and the unscrupulous participants of criminal proceedings, on the other. Due to this, the goal of the research is to analyze the specific features of investigating and solving fraud in the sphere of utility services in the situation of resistance to the investigation, as well as to identify the measures of overcoming it through a full reflection of the characteristic features of resistance to the investigation, and studying the practice and problems connected with it. This research is mainly aimed at identifying the typical problem situations in the work of the investigator, at studying and analyzing them from the standpoint of criminal procedure regulation, as well as at presenting the procedural means of neutralizing resistance. The article offers detailed practical recommendations on preventing the situations of resistance to the preliminary investigation, as well as the neutralization of their harmful impact.