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Fraud
Last updated: 08.07.2025
The most common types of fraud are 'regular' fraud (§ 209 of the Penal Code) and computer-related fraud (§ 213). In recent years, however, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between the two, as scammers often exploit information technology in one way or another.
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The infliction of property damage to another person according to § 209 of the Penal Code is treated as the most common type of fraud, which is executed by knowingly causing a misconception of the existing facts for the purpose of obtaining property benefits. In addition, the Penal Code distinguishes between computer-related frauds (§ 213 of the Penal Code) and benefit, investment and insurance frauds (§ 210-212 of the Penal Code). The latter three are not included in the official statistics due to the low amount of such crimes registered in a year.