In Yurga district of Kemerovo region two villagers have been confined to 6 month of corrective labour each for the unwarranted link-up to the electrical grids of the branch the Interregional Distribution Grid Company of Siberia – Kuzbassenergo – Distribution Zone.
The convicted persons will have to pay back to the company more than 4 thousand rubles as reparation of damages at the civil lawsuit. Both accused – Anvar Kasimov and Nina Krasilnikova are unemployed residents of local villages. The schemes of the offence are similar in both cases: the houses were cut off electricity for nonpayment but their owners preferred unwarranted connection to the electrical grid to legally settling the deal with the distribution company. Using various hand-made devices the offenders connected to the power supply from the cable lead-ins to the houses, and from the adjacent power lines.
Ugra district is very active in instituting criminal proceedings against energy thieves. Altogether since the beginning of this year 16 people have been legally punished for the unwarranted connection to the electrical grids of Kuzbassenergo – Distribution Zone, 12 of them are residents of Yugra district. The total amount of stolen electricity in 16 criminal cases made up 27 thousand kWh. The amount paid by the offenders to recover damage is over 36 thousand rubles. For 7 months 2011 9 people have been charged with this kind of criminal offence.
Метки: crime, distribution zone, electric grids, electricity, electricity theft, energy industry news 2011, Interregional Distribution Grid Company, Russian energy industry news
