Irkutsk miners stole electricity on 350 million rubles – Bits Media

In the Irkutsk region, which is considered the capital of mining in Russia, Illegal miners stole electricity on 350 million rubles. Now the court is trying to recover money from them for stolen electricity.

Press Service of Irkutskenergosbyt, The main one electricity supplier in the Irkutsk region, reported, that there are now consideration in the courts 430 part. Energy added, that miners pay for electricity at the tariff for the population, which is below commercial. Often such "crypto farms" are placed in private houses, garages, In the attics, balconies, In the basements of apartment buildings.

For five years, Irkutskenergosbyt submitted 1 491 A lawsuit against miners. At first 2023 years on the map of the Irkutsk region, energy has identified about 1 000 new addresses of underground farms for mining cryptocurrencies. The total number of underground mining addresses exceeded 5 000, Energy assure.

Recently, the investigating authorities of Dagestan revealed six cases of theft of electricity by miners from the beginning 2023 of the year. The total amount of losses was 23 million rubles.