A miner from Syktyvkar illegally used electricity for 5.5 million rubles – Bits Media

Law enforcement agencies of the Komi Republic sent the case of a resident of Syktyvkar to the court, who was engaged in cryptocurrency mining. He is accused of stealing electricity on an especially large scale.

According to the statement of the prosecutor's office, 39-summer resident of Syktyvkar back in 2015 year I bought more 400 cryptocurrency production devices. He was the head of one of the organizations and installed equipment in his company, illegally connecting it to the electric network. Over the past years, According to prosecutors, He illegally consumed electricity for the amount 5.5 million rubles.

In this case, the loss of the power supply organization caused by a particularly large size. According to Part. 2 Articles 165 UK RF (causing property damage to the owner of the property by deception in the absence of signs of theft, in a particularly large scale), Syktyvkar miner threatens to 5 years of imprisonment. Although he can do with forced labor, Or even a fine.

However, This is not the largest case of embezzlement of electricity by Russian miners. Also in 2019 a mining farm was discovered in Ingushetia, illegally connected to the mains. The owners of this farm managed to use electricity worth more than 130 million rubles.