12 suspects of embezzlement under the guise of replacing electrics were detained in Moscow.

Moscow police officers detained 12 residents of different regions of the Russian Federation suspected of embezzling money from residents of the capital under the guise of urgent replacement of electrical equipment. This was announced on June 11 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

"On the territory of six regions, police officers, with the forceful support of Rosgvardiya employees, conducted searches and detentions. Communications equipment, documentation, electrical equipment, installation tools, receipt forms, certificates of employees of the energy company and other items were seized," Volk said in her Telegram channel.

The damage to Muscovites from the actions of false electricians amounted to millions of rubles, including hundreds of residents of the capital, many of whom are pensioners. Criminal cases have been initiated under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on an especially large scale committed by a group of persons").

The detainees were taken to Moscow and charged. Three of the alleged organizers of the criminal scheme have been placed under house arrest, and nine more defendants are on their own recognizance.

According to law enforcement officials, the attackers created a double company, the official supplier of electricity in the Moscow region. They convinced people that they urgently needed to replace the electrical equipment, after which, at the agreed time, they came disguised as employees of the energy company and exchanged the working equipment for cheap low-quality analogues. They demanded to pay for their service at high rates.

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