19 million rubles were stolen from Sberbank

In Moscow, a large theft of a monetary storage was made in a branch of Sberbank, located on 1812 Street, Interfax was told on Saturday in the information department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Moscow.

The official representative of the administration only confirmed the fact of the theft, saying that a criminal case has been instituted on this fact and an investigation group is working at the scene. In the interests of the investigation, he refused to report other details, including the amount of stolen.

A source of Interfax in law enforcement said that criminals entered the premises of Sberbank from two to three in the morning.

The source drew attention to the fact that the criminals not only knew how and where the alarm was turned off, but also had duplicates of the keys from the monetary storage. “At the same time, they knew the digital signaling code,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

In total, according to the interlocutor of the agency, over 19 million rubles were stolen from the monetary storage. In various currencies.

At about 18:00, the police officially confirmed the fact of the theft. As noted in the police, "it was established that unknown people stole the money from the safe, turning off the alarm." A criminal case has been opened under Part 4 of Art. 158 of the Criminal Code (theft committed on an especially large scale).