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The article examines the problem of digital fraud in the context of the transformation of fraud as a form of theft caused by the digitalization of social relations. The author substantiates the need for doctrinal and legislative understanding of digital fraud as a special type of fraud characterized by specific features of the object, method, and mechanism of commission. The study analyzes the peculiarities of the предмет of encroachment and the methods of committing fraud in the digital environment, as well as the content of intent when using information and communication technologies. Articles 159.3 and 159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are critically assessed in terms of their applicability to modern digital fraud schemes. The paper proposes directions for improving legislation, including the formulation of a legal definition of digital fraud and the clarification of qualifying elements with regard to digital methods of committing crimes.