In 2022, criminal investigation officers of the Moscow region found domestic premises in a certain industrial complex on the territory of Naro-Fominsk where a cryptocurrency mining farm was operating. 68 miners and other devices were confiscated, and their owner was suspected of stealing electricity. However, the decision to open a criminal case contained inaccuracies. Mosoblenergo was indicated as the victim, while the production complex’s contract for the supply of electricity was concluded with Mosenergosbyt.
The owner of the equipment refused to admit guilt and demanded the return of the property. 68 miners were not recognized as physical evidence, since the equipment was not recorded and sealed when seized.
The head of the criminal investigation department, Vyacheslav Orlikov, ordered the transfer of equipment for storage and examination to one of the hangars of a local businessman in the Start shopping center. Later, the hangar was opened by unknown persons, and the mining equipment disappeared.
The owner of the equipment appealed to the prosecutor’s office and the Investigative Committee, where “in connection with violation of job descriptions and current regulations governing the procedure for storing seized items,” a case of negligence was opened (Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Persons involved in the investigation were Naro-Fominsk police officers.
Earlier, the prosecutor's office of the city of Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk region of Russia, approved an indictment in a criminal case against a 35-year-old local resident who was involved in cryptocurrency mining.
Source: Bits
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