The Hong Kong police checked the complaints of employees of several local social institutions and detained two technical specialists of the elderly houses. The detainees are suspected of creating two illegal mining farms, law enforcement officers said.

The IT-specialists of the two nursing houses in the Hong Kong areas Sham Shui PO and Kvun Tong drew attention to a strong drop in the Internet speed and multiple growth in electricity accounts-up to 9,000 Hong Kong ($ 1153) per month. When checking, the ITSHNOVs found equipment for mining cryptocurrencies hidden in suspended ceilings and said to the police. The police checked the complaints and detained two suspects, whose names are not yet called.

The police said that eight devices were seized in the nursing homes – five in one and three in the other. According to the preliminary version of the investigation, the defendants in crimes acted on their own and were not members of any organized group. If the fault of the suspects in the theft of electricity is proved, they are facing a prison conclusion for up to five years.

Earlier, the Malaysian authorities and the largest energy company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) reported a three -fold increase in the number of electricity thefts associated with illegal mining.