Russian Prison Official Accused of Stealing 31-Mile Stretch of Road
14th January 2016
A senior prison official has been accused of stealing the pavement from a 31-mile stretch of public road in Russia.
According to a report in the Russian daily newspaper, The Kommersant, Alexander Protopopov, acting deputy chief of the national prison service, oversaw the dismantling of a concrete highway and sold off the slabs in the thinly populated region of Komi, in northern Russia.
Investigators say the scheme had cost the Russian Federation over six million rubles, equivalent to around £54,000.