Officers of the Division of Economic Security and Combating the Corruption of the MIA Administration for the North-Western Administrative District of the MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow detained an 81-year-old woman suspected of stealing the money of patients with tuberculosis under the pretext of helping them to improve their living conditions.

As investigators established, the offender received cash from the victims allegedly for transferring it to authorized officials for a positive decision on granting individual dwellings out of turn. However, after receiving the money the suspect in every way evaded the execution of her commitments and disposed of the funds at her discretion.

The offender was detained in a bank when receiving 1 million 100 thousand rubles for services of acquiring an apartments from the Social Fund.

In the residence of the woman investigators found more than 20 receipts of receiving funds from the affected citizens.

Officers of the Police for the North Western Administrative District of the MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow prosecuted the fact of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 30 and Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code “Attempted fraud on an especially large scale”. The police found already 20 victims of the illegal activities of the detainee.

Operatives are asking anyone who recognizes the suspect, to submit applications to the Division of Economic Security and Combating the Corruption of the MIA Administration for the North-Western Administrative District of the MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow. Currently, a complex of operational and search measures aimed at establishing the possible accomplices and additional episodes of the suspect's illegal activity is going on.