According to Enel, technicians identified that the establishment's meter was tampered with and did not correctly record energy consumption. Enel Rio A steakhouse located on the banks of Rodovia Amaral Peixoto, RJ-106, in the Mar do Norte neighborhood, in Rio das Ostras, in the Lagos do Rio Region, was the target of an operation by Enel Rio and the Civil Police on Thursday (16) on suspicion of fraud in energy consumption. According to Enel, technicians identified that the establishment's meter was tampered with and did not correctly record energy consumption. The equipment was removed during the inspection. Also according to the distributor, the holder of the energy account, husband of the person responsible for the establishment, was notified and taken to the 128th Police Station, where a police report was registered for the crime of embezzlement. A Term of Occurrence and Inspection (TOI) was also issued, which pointed out the irregularity. ? Follow the g1 Região dos Lagos channel on WhatsApp.
Steakhouse is target of operation due to suspected energy cat in Rio das Ostras
According to Enel, technicians identified that the establishment's meter was tampered with and did not correctly record energy consumption. Enel Rio A steakhouse located on the banks of Rodovia Amaral Peixoto, RJ-106,...
Enel informed that energy theft is a crime, with a penalty of one to four years in prison, in addition to charging amounts relating to unrecorded consumption. The concessionaire states that this type of fraud can cause overload on the electrical grid, interruptions in supply and risks to the safety of the population. Until the closing of this report, g1 was unable to contact those responsible for the establishment.
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