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Electricity theft is most common in developing countries where power grids deliver inadequate and unreliable power. [1] The global cost of electricity theft was estimated at $96 billion every year. [2] Some punishments for the crime include fines and incarceration. The electricity losses caused by the theft are classified as non-technical losses.
Across the two nations, 57% of electricity theft cases closed last year had no suspect identified, while 30% were abandoned due to evidential difficulties and 7% resulted in a charge or summons.
Electricity theft In the year 2010, a case of electricity theft by tampering the meters of factories in Nara sub-centre of Mansoorpur police station area came to light. After this, a report was filed by the then JE of the electricity department Kamlesh Chand Azad against factory employee Sunil Kumar, resident of Lajpat Nagar, Delhi.
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A new scam using Elon Musk's name is making the rounds, promoting "energy-saving" devices and falsely linking the Tesla and SpaceX leader to the products.
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This article needs additional citations for verification. ... In June 2022, eleven clan members were facing trial over electricity theft. [3] References
In Low v Blease [1975] Crim LR 513 it was held that electricity could not be stolen as it is not property within the meaning of section 4 of the Theft Act 1968. [1] In one reported case in 2015 a man was arrested for abstracting electricity (to the value of £0.00052) by charging his mobile telephone on a train, but was ultimately not charged. [2]