From January to February 2023, a man installed 214 pieces of equipment for mining bitcoins in a non-residential premises on a rented plot of land. And then, according to the state prosecution, without the permission of the energy company, he connected jumper wires to the neighboring substation transformers. The miner did not pay for electrical energy, the case file says.
As a result, the electric grid company estimated its losses at approximately 1 million rubles. In February 2024, police found the farm of a Cheremkhovo resident and cut off the power supply.
The criminal case was sent by the prosecutor's office to the Cheremkhovo City Court for consideration on the merits.
Previously, the city of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk region, almost lost the building of the magistrate’s court – a garage building was attached to the administrative building, in which the mining equipment hidden there suddenly caught fire.
Source: Bits
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