Moscow Foreman Arrested for Stealing 1km Power Cable
A 38-year-old construction foreman in Moscow was arrested for stealing a power cable over one kilometer long from a construction site on Saltykovskaya Street, causing over two million rubles in damage. He hired workers with a truck and crane to move the cable, which he then sold to a scrap metal recycling center.
Consensus
- A power cable over one kilometer long was stolen from a construction site on Salytkovskaya Street in Moscow.
- The theft caused material damage exceeding two million rubles.
- The suspect was a construction foreman working at the site.
- The suspect hired a truck with a crane to move the cable.
- The cable was sold to a scrap metal recycling center.
- The suspect was arrested and charged under Part 4 of Article 158 of the Russian Criminal Code (theft in especially large size).
- An investigation is ongoing.
- The suspect was previously convicted.
Points of divergence
- The suspect was placed under house arrest. — vm
- Another man previously stole 570 cable reels worth 4.4 million rubles from the same company, was arrested, confessed, and received a three-year conditional prison sentence. — vm
- The suspect is a 38-year-old Moscow resident. — vesti
- The suspect hired two workers who were unaware of the criminal nature of the task. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Power cable worth two million rubles stolen from construction site in east of Moscow: who was detained — Вечерняя Москва
- In Moscow, a foreman hired a crane and stole a kilometer of cable at the construction site — Вести