The underground mining farm was closed in Bratsk – Bits Media

Bratsk police closed the next underground mining farm. Moreover, this time she is really “underground” - 60 ASIC Mainers were installed in the basement of an apartment building.

The signal of illegal mining activity received fraternal Energy. They arrived at the house on the street Yuzhnaya, However, they could not access the basements - representatives of the partnership of homeowners refused to open the doors. After that, the power engineers called the police to the place.

The investigative-operational group of inter-municipal administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Bratskoye” and the investigation group arrived at the house and, With the help of rescuers, The doors to the basement were opened. When examining the premises of the energy and the police, they discovered more 60 cryptocurrency production devices, Truth, Not all of them were connected to the network. The equipment was seized.

Now law enforcement officers are conducting a preliminary investigation and trying to determine those responsible for organizing an underground mining farm. According to power engineers, The amount of damage may exceed 1,2 million rubles. Besides, emphasize representatives of the energy company, Such underground mining is fraught with fires.

Note, that the Irkutsk region remains one of the most popular regions of Russia for gray miners thanks to low electricity tariffs for the population. Back in February, it was reported, that the courts of the region received more 1 000 claims against underground miners.