In Irkutsk, three men in uniform wheeled out a payment terminal on a cart, loaded it into a car, and fled without arousing suspicion, as they were taken for maintenance staff. A few days later, police detained the suspects, seized the hidden cash, and found the ATM itself in a forest near the city. In the case of theft on a very large scale, they face up to 10 years in prison.
Three men in uniform wheeled out the terminal on a cart, then loaded it into a car and fled. The men aroused no suspicion, as they were taken for workers servicing payment terminals.Several days later, police officers detained the ATM thieves.
The police seized the stolen cash, which had been hidden in the house of one of the suspects.
That same day, the ATM was found in a forest several kilometers from the city.
A criminal case has been opened on the grounds of an offense under Part 4 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (theft committed by a group of persons on an especially large scale).
The alleged criminals face up to 10 years in prison.
As the deputy chief of police of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate for Irkutsk, German Bratchikov, said, the timely solving of the crime deprived the detainees of the opportunity to spend the money.