Challenges in Collecting Electronic Evidence for Online Fraud and Legal Application

As online fraud tactics evolve, electronic evidence has become a crucial component in convictions and sentencing. However, in judicial practice, the ephemeral nature of electronic evidence, its technical concealment, and the susceptibility of retrieval processes to third-party platform interference pose significant challenges in terms of timeliness and technical feasibility. At the level of legal application, ambiguities persist regarding the standards for admissibility of electronic evidence, technical criteria for authenticity verification, and procedural norms for evidence collection. This paper proposes improvement strategies, including establishing a technical support system, refining examination and recognition rules, and clarifying platform responsibility mechanisms, aiming to provide references for enhancing the collection of electronic evidence in online fraud cases.