Mining equipment theft suspects arrested in the Irkutsk region – Bits Media

In the Zalarinsky district of the Angara region, two suspects were detained in the theft of mining equipment on 400 000 rubles. Criminal Investigation Officers participated in the arrest.

About theft of equipment in the duty station of the inter-municipal department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Zalarinsky said a local resident. According to her, The garage belonging to her was opened and the ASIC major for the extraction of cryptocurrencies were stolen from it. A total was stolen 8 devices, the total cost of which exceeds 400 000 rubles.

The operatives managed to establish individuals and find the alleged attackers. They turned out to be a 21-year-old resident of the village of Zalari and his 20-year-old acquaintance from the village of Khor-Tagli. During the search, the suspects found stolen equipment, However, they managed to sell some of the devices to one of the inhabitants of Zalari.

Now the suspects are placed in custody, and the investigation is conducting a criminal case in terms of 2 Articles 158 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Also, attackers are checked for involvement in similar thefts. After the investigation, the confiscated devices will be returned to the owner.

Recently, a resident of Yaroslavl received three years conditionally for the theft of mining equipment in the amount 1.6 Million rubles from his acquaintance. Interesting, that the attacker could not figure out how to connect and configure miners.