Features of the investigation of abuse of official authority in the field of procurement of goods (works, services) for state and municipal needs

The article analyzes the criminal law aspects and criminalistic features of the investigation of abuse of official authority by officials committed during the organization and conduct of state and municipal procurement.

Based on the analysis of the norms of criminal, budgetary and contractual legislation, as well as judicial practice, approaches to determining the effectiveness of procurement activities are formulated as one of the criteria for assessing the presence of socially dangerous consequences of the criminal encroachment in question.

The necessity of special knowledge in the field of economics and financial control in the investigation of cases of this category is substantiated. The problems of law enforcement related to the evaluative concepts of "interests of the service", "significant violation" and "grave consequences" are identified. For the methodological guidance of the investigation, a study of the signs of the criminalistic characteristics of the corpus delicti provided for in Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to the field of procurement is proposed. The necessity of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of procurement, the role of financial control bodies and the chief administrator of budgetary funds at the initial stage of the investigation of a criminal case, as well as during the verification of a crime report, is substantiated.