Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

Iran's Criminal Policy for Crimes against Electronic Banking with an Emphasis on Phishing

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD Student of Private Law, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 Department of Law, Faculty of Judicial Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/jccj.2024.436002.1470
Abstract
Electronic banking or online banking is a service provided by many banks and credit institutions and allows banking transactions to be conducted on the Internet using information and communication technology. The continuation of technological innovations and competition between existing banking organizations and new entrants has made a wider range of banking services and products available, but the rapid development of electronic banking capabilities, in addition to benefits, also brings risks. Modern banking goes hand in hand with new crimes and dealing with these crimes and criminal policy in dealing with these crimes is as necessary as the importance of banking. An important question that was raised and examined in this article is how to evaluate Iran's criminal approach to electronic banking crimes, especially phishing? The method of the present article is descriptive, analytical and library-based to investigate the mentioned question. The findings of the research indicate that in Iran's criminal law, there are no special laws in the field of banking crimes, and mainly, the law of computer crimes governs electronic banking crimes. In Iran's criminal law, the crime of phishing is punishable by imprisonment and a fine.
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Volume 3, Issue 5
Winter 2024
Pages 247-259

  • Receive Date 31 August 2023
  • Revise Date 22 October 2023
  • Accept Date 27 December 2023
  • Publish Date 20 February 2024