Russian students were warned about responsibility for mining in dormitories – Bits Media

Vladimir Shelupakhin, lawyer at the Gorgadze and Partners Bar Association, told, what to students, mining cryptocurrencies in university dormitories, may face expulsion and even criminal liability.

The lawyer explained in an interview with federal journalists, what's in those cases, when the university itself pays for electricity in the dormitory, mining can cause financial damage to an educational institution. Then the university has the right to demand compensation for damages from the student. And if the identity of the underground miner cannot be established, then the university management can file a police report. And in this case, the student may face criminal liability for 165 Article of the Criminal Code (“Causing property damage by deception or breach of trust”). This article is often applied to miners, who are accused of illegally connecting to networks or using electricity bypassing metering devices.

truth, if students pay their own electricity bills, then there shouldn't be any problems:

“If students pay the bill themselves, then it is purely their personal responsibility. Main, to prevent electricity from being stolen, You can pay for this with freedom".

Recently, State Duma deputies proposed
allow electricity providers to restrict unregistered cryptocurrency miners from accessing networks. To detect such underground miners, it is proposed to oblige Internet providers to provide energy companies with the geolocation of potential violators by IP addresses.