The court of Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region returned the verdict of guilty on Andrei Kuchukaev, acting foreman of one of Sverdlovsk Region Railways’ subdivisions.

It was revealed in the course of the preliminary investigation and the inquest that Andrei Kuchukaev stole 15 railroad rails with the total length of over 120 meters in October 2006. The rails belonged to the railway company, so the theft did it more than 30,000 RUR worth of damage. The stolen rails were sold to some commercial enterprise that used them to put up a warehouse, Ural Federal District’s public prosecution authorities report.

Based on the evidence supplied by the public prosecution authorities, Kuchukaev was found guilty and sentenced to a fine and imprisonment.