According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Sakhalin Region, a resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, born in 1985, illegally connected to the networks of Sakhalinenergo. To power the mining equipment, the enterprising miner launched his own transformer substation with a capacity of 1,250 kVA, which he placed on the territory of a construction company. Energy was fed into two 40-foot containers, which housed the ASIC miners.
Representatives of Sakhalinenergo reported that in total the miner stole 4 million kWh, worth 22 million rubles. Law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Causing property damage on an especially large scale by deception or breach of trust.” The police have finished investigating the case and now the documents will be sent to the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court. The underground miner faces up to 5 years in prison.
Earlier it was reported that the owner of a small apartment on Koroleva Street in Krasnoyarsk installed ASIC miners, and connected the cable to the general house network. The farm worked for 4.5 years.
Source: Bits
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