Two mining farms were found in the Irkutsk regional psychiatric hospital – Bits Media

The prosecutor's office of the Irkutsk region, together with the Ministry of Emergencies and the police, I found two illegal mining farms in the regional psychiatric hospital. The equipment was located in the attic of the medical institution in the village of Sosnovy Bor.

The scale of the "attic mining" was not too large - One farm consisted of 8 ASIC miners, And in the composition of the other it worked 5 devices. but, They were located above the premises, where patients are contained. Given the fire hazard of illegal mining, Such activities could lead to tragedy. At the same time, the chief physician of the district psychiatric hospital said, which is not involved in the placement of equipment.

“Installed, that in the attic of a medical institution in the territory of the Irkutsk region, two mining farms on 13 units of equipment, the hospital connected to the electric networks above the healing cases. This created the risk of emergency and harm to patients ", -reports the press service of the regional GU Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At the moment, miners are facing an administrative case, provided for in Art. 20.4 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (violation of fire safety requirements). Law enforcement agencies also launched an audit on the "assessment of damage, which the shadow business caused during illegal electricity consumption ".

Earlier underground miner from Irkutsk were accused
In theft of energy for the amount 1.6 million rubles. but, The scale was significantly larger - the entrepreneur illegally connected to power grids 130 devices.