The Volgograd Region Office of the RF Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation against 12 local residents suspected of a crime under Part 4, items “a” and “b” of Article 158 of the RF Penal Code (secret larceny of other people’s property committed by an organized group of people on a very large scale).
According to investigators, 12 residents of Volgograd Region formed an organized group and devised a criminal plan. They distributed the roles, made a scheme of stealing and selling stolen fuels. For a long time at nights, the accused used hoses and pumps pumped fuel from tanks of locomotives to the tanks of their ZIL and URAL vehicles.
They then sold the fuel via gas stations in the city and around the region. The money was distributed among the accomplices. They were detained on a crime scene right after they had stolen 9 tons of diesel fuel.
From April to October 2016, the accused stole and sold more than 340 tons of fuels worth almost 11 million rubles.
Their criminal activity was broken up thanks to coherent cooperation of investigators from the regional investigative authority, operatives of the regional office of the Federal Security Services and the crime detection office of the regional directorate of the Interior Ministry with support provided by officers of Vektor special force team.
By now all the suspects are in detention and 4 of them have been put in custody pending trial, while the rest of them have been released on recognizance.
During searches the investigators confiscated documents relevant for the investigation, draft notes, consignment notes, computers, cell phones, walkie-talkies, dashboard cameras, 9 tons of stolen fuel, a tank truck, hoses and pumps.
The suspects are now being questioned.
Investigative operations are underway to find out all the circumstances surrounding the crimes. The investigation is ongoing.
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