SOME ASPECTS OF IMPROVING THE LEGISLATION ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADVERTISING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FINANCIAL (INVESTMENT) PYRAMID

The introduction of criminal liability for advertising the activities of a financial (investment) pyramid is one of the measures to counteract the criminal activities of such organizations and their further prevalence. The article is devoted to the study of the problems of legal regulation of responsibility for the act in question. The paper analyzes the norms of the current administrative and criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on responsibility for advertising the activities of a financial (investment) pyramid. During the study of administrativelegal and criminal-legal aspects of responsibility for advertising the activities of a financial (investment) pyramid, the question of compliance of the norms under consideration with the provisions of advertising legislation was investigated, some problems of qualification of the type of criminal offense under consideration were identified when establishing signs of the objective side of the act. Based on the results of the study, proposals were formulated aimed at improving the norms on administrative and criminal liability for advertising the activities of a financial (investment) pyramid.

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