In Saratov, a traffic police officer was fired for mining in an office building – Bits Media

Traffic police officer from Saratov, used office space for bitcoin mining, dismissed from the internal affairs bodies for exceeding official authority.

For almost two months, Saratov law enforcement officers investigated the incident against a former employee REO traffic police, which between December 2020 year to July 2021 spent years mining Bitcoin at work. He placed the mining equipment in a temporarily unused premises of the police building on 6th Sokolovogorsky Proezd.

A criminal case against a former traffic police officer has been brought to court. The press secretary of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Saratov Region emphasized, that he was fired for his actions, defaming the honor of an internal affairs officer. The regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee reported, that he caused serious damage due to excessive consumption of electricity:

«Противоправные действия должностного лица выявлены и пресечены сотрудниками ОРЧ (СБ) ГУ МВД России по Саратовской области. Ущерб, причиненный его противоправными действиями, consisting of overpayment for electricity, Compiled 231 000 rubles".

With the growth of the cryptocurrency market, “black” mining is gaining momentum in Russia. Also in 2020 In 2018, the Russian power grid company Rosseti reported increased activity of illegal mining farms. An underground mining farm was recently discovered in Moscow, which consumed electricity 500 000 rubles per day. The miners were illegally connected to the Rosseti line.

IN 2020 year, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the former head of the Russian Post branch in Mineralnye Vody on suspicion of illegal mining at the company’s facilities. The illegal use of electricity and the Internet caused damage to the Federal Postal Administration of the Stavropol Territory in the amount of more than 30 000 rubles.