Tomsk miners stole electricity on 24 million rubles – Bits Media

Tomsk prosecutors approved the indictment in the criminal case of a major embezzlement of electricity. Local miners illegally connected to electric networks and stole electricity on 24 million rubles.

Seven Tomsk citizens from the age of 28 to 66 years in the summer 2019 of the year carried out illegal inserts into the electric network, laid cables and connected their own transformers. The stolen electricity was frightened by mining equipment and a hotel building, whose owner created an organized criminal group.

Theft of electricity lasted in April 2022 of the year, когда специалисты энергетической компании обнаружили врезку. The police managed to detain criminals. Prosecutors are accused by paragraphs “A” and “B” of parts 2 Articles 165 The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "causing property damage by deception or abuse of trust". The case will be considered by the court of the Oktyabrsky district of Tomsk, And the criminals face before 5 years of imprisonment.

Recently reported, that the court ordered a resident of Moscow to pay for high tariffs electricity, which she used for mining in the village of Ust-Ordynsky Irkutsk Region.