Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Police: Cases of fuel fraud have risen sharply in the north-east

Schwerin/Rostock (dpa/mv) - In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the number of cases of fuel fraud has increased sharply.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Police: Cases of fuel fraud have risen sharply in the north-east

Schwerin/Rostock (dpa/mv) - In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the number of cases of fuel fraud has increased sharply. According to current statistics from the State Criminal Police Office in MV, since the sharp rise in the price of diesel and petrol from March to the end of August this year, there have been 1025 cases in which drivers have filled up fuel but not paid for it. In the same period of the previous year - i.e. 2021 - there were 648 cases of tank fraud, as the LKA announced on Thursday.

The officials registered the highest monthly value with 211 cases in August 2022. In August 2021 there were 142 such cases of fraud. The private broadcaster Ostseewelle Hitradio MV had previously reported on it.