Crimes cibernéticos : análise do estelionato virtual na modalidade fraude eletrônica com o advento da Lei n.º 14.155/21

Abstract

The cybercrime of swindling in the electronic fraud modality, addressed timely by Brazilian legal legislation in the current year, it has become a growing reality, with record of numerous police reports by victims in the country, specifically in Mato Grosso, where it has more than doubled with the advent of the pandemic. Faced with this scenario, this study sought to legally analyze the virtual fraud and its nuances, under the aspect of Law 14.155/21, focusing on the internet and cyber crimes to better understand the specificity of the theme. For the collection and analysis of data, bibliographic research was used as a method, with a qualitative and descriptive approach, performed in primary and secondary sources. The results obtained indicate that its specificity was necessary in the legal system, bringing more safety for the population and for the action of the security forces, in order to protect society and the State itself, in addition to punishing the agent of such an illicit practice in cyberspace.