Police officers from North Ossetia are suspected of misappropriating stolen phones.

In North Ossetia, a criminal case has been opened against two police officers for abuse of office. Investigators believe the suspects, accused of stealing cell phones, failed to report evidence and then took the phones for personal use.

The Investigative Department of North Ossetia has opened a criminal case against two former investigators from the Mozdok District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. They are suspected of stealing cell phones that they were supposed to find.

According to investigators, in 2025, the suspects were facing criminal charges for the theft of cell phones, accessories, and cash from a store. In August, after locating four cell phones at a thrift store, they intentionally concealed information about two phones in the report. Then the investigators appropriated them for themselves, the Investigative Committee of North Ossetia reported today on its Telegram channel.

"They are suspected of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of power committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy out of selfish interest) 1 ," the agency clarified.

Earlier, "Caucasian Knot" wrote that Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko, who had previously unsuccessfully sought to open a case regarding the beating of her brother Rostislav by a security officer in Mozdok, came forward A picket outside the North Ossetian prosecutor's office demanding an end to the repression against her family.