Penza, 30 March 2015. PenzaNews. A woman, 20, who has been working as a nurse, is suspected of stealing $1,000 from a doctor’s purse that he left unattended on his office table in a hospital of the Gorodishchensky area in the Penza region.

“An investigative team was dispatched to the scene. Criminal investigators and police precincts held a series of operational search activities, during which the nurse was deemed involved in it. She confessed to the crime,” the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs department informed PenzaNews agency.

The ministry said that they were able to seize only a portion of the stolen money.

“Criminal proceedings have been initiated,” the police said.