In Irkutsk, the organizers of a mining hotel stole clients’ equipment at 100 million rubles – Bits Media

The organizers of a mining hotel in the Irkutsk region lured customers with favorable prices for renting space and electricity, and then disappeared with their equipment for the total amount 100 million rubles.

From November 2021 years to May 2022 year, the company offered miners to rent space for equipment in a mining hotel. At the same time, the company insisted on the speedy placement of farms due to the limited number of places. The contract did not specify the physical address of the mining hotel, and only the organizers had a link to the mining pool website.

Some time after that, how miners placed their equipment, the organizers of the mining hotel fled, stopping payments and not returning expensive equipment to customers. According to a law enforcement source, about 100 Human. Each of them placed mining farms worth from 1 million rubles.

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region reported, what about the organizers of the mining hotel, suspected of stealing their clients' equipment, a criminal case has been initiated. 4 Art. 159 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud on an especially large scale”. During the investigation, computer equipment and documentation were confiscated from the office..

According to a recent Google Trends report, The interest of residents of the Irkutsk region in digital assets is much higher, than in other regions of Russia. Probably, this is due to the popularity of mining in the area. but, Against this background, the number of crimes is also growing. IN 2021 year, five residents of Usolye-Sibirskoye were detained in the Irkutsk region, who stole mining equipment on 2 million rubles.