Muscovites have overpaid for utility services 1 billion rubles.

Capital prosecutors caught public utilities in overstating the rates for the repair and maintenance costs, resulting in citizens overpaid about 1 billion rubles. It is reported by RAPS on Tuesday, May 10, with reference to the department. Dorogomilovskaya inter-district prosecutor's office in connection with numerous appeals of citizens and legal entities reviewed compliance with housing legislation in state unitary enterprise (SUE) to operate the administrative and residential buildings in which were found violating the law. Prosecutors found that the company manages 250 multifamily dwellings constructed for individual projects, some of which are architectural monuments. Since 2010, the calculation of payments to approved SUE Tariffs and exhibiting residents pay stub performs the state budget organization "Zhilischnik. "In violation of current legislation in 2009-2010 now approved the rates of payment for the repair and maintenance of premises with different raising factors" - the prosecutor's office said in a statement. According to preliminary estimates, the total amount wrongly assessed the citizens of payments of about one billion rubles. At the end of April 2011 the prosecutor sent a Dorogomilovsky district court a statement to recognize the illegal actions of the management company and GBU "Zhilischnik" to set tariffs in 2009 and 2010, and oblige them to recalculate fees for this period. Also on the audit results to the prosecutor's office has sent leaders of unitary enterprises and public institutions reporting on elimination of violations.