Concept of fraud in the new Criminal Code of Republic of Lithuania and problems of its practical application

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama naujajame Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamajame kodekse (toliau LR BK) pateikiama sukčiavimo normos koncepcija. Šios koncepcijos esmine naujove laikytina tai, kad labai plačiai suformuluotas nusikalstamos veikos dalykas. Daugiausia dėmesio straipsnyje skiriama turtinės prievolės išvengimo apgaule požymį, atribojant šią veiką nuo civilinio delikto. Autorius taip pat nagrinėja kitas aktualias naujos sukčiavimo normos taikymo problemas.Article deals with the concept of norm of fraud in the new Criminal code of the Republic of Lithuania. The new law on fraud is more complicated than previous one, while the broadly formulated subjectmatter of this criminal act essentially changes its concept. Specifically relevant theoretical and practical problems have been created by the involving the act of evasion of property obligation by means of deception into the norm of fraud. Such a regulation overcomes the limits of traditional apprehension of fraud as the involvement of another person into the harmful bargain by means of deception, therefore requires to develop clear concept of the evasion of property obligation, as well as to find the criteria of its delimitation from a civil delict and from other criminal acts. The author suggests to consider the evasion of property obligation as a criminal act only if a perpetrator deprived a victim of real possibilities to protect his property right in civil court by means of deception, because of false insolvency, forged evidence and so on. Moreover, the article examines the applicability of the traditional conception of deception to the new concept of fraud and offers the ways of solving of the raised problems