Moscow Police General and Gas Station Executives Arrested in Fuel Theft Scheme
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Senior Moscow region police official and gas station executives detained over alleged theft of police fuel
The chairman of PJSC EvroTrans’s board of directors, Igor Martyshov, three of the company’s senior managers, and three Moscow region police officers have been detained in a case involving the embezzlement of departmental fuel, Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk said.
A major general and two senior officers of the Russian Ministry of Interior, along with four representatives of an oil company, are accused of stealing fuel from police cars.
Moscow Police General and Gas Station Executives Arrested in Fuel Theft Scheme
Law enforcement authorities in the Moscow region have arrested a police general, two senior officers and several corporate executives at a local gas station network accused of stealing fuel designated for police vehicles, Russia’s Interior Ministry said Monday.
EADaily, 7 September 2026. Deputy Head of the Directorate-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow province, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Major General Sergei Malkov, was detained on suspicion of stealing fuel belonging to the police department, as reported by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, in his television channel.
In Russia, a scandal broke out with the theft of fuel belonging to the Directorate-General of the Moscow Region of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which a general and two police officers were detained.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a criminal case had been opened concerning the theft of motor fuel by the head of the sub-office.
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