Russia and Ukraine close several cryptocurrency farms-mining Bitcoin messages

A test showed an unauthorized connection to the power grid, electricity theft and illegal land strikes for the operation of devices for the implementation of cryptographic calculations in connection with the degradation of digital currencies.

The costs for the illegally consumed electricity used to operate the mining hardware exceed 500,000 rubles per day (almost $ 7,000), explained Korotkova. The authorities have initiated criminal proceedings and intended, the owners of the coin coin.

Also in Dagestan, a Russian republic in the northern Caucasus, two cryptocurrency farms were blown up. At the end of November, the Komsomolskaja Prawda newspaper reported that a large mining company was found in a mountain region. Preliminary data from the investigation indicate that the unknown operators have caused a damage of an estimated 1 million rubles (over $ 13,000).

The local police also uncovered a mining company in the Botlikh district, in which miners were connected to the power grid without permission. According to a report by Forklog, which quotes the Ministry of the Interior of Dagestan, the crypto farm has been set up since November and operated by a 35-year-old resident of the Dakhadayevsky district, which had stolen electricity worth $ 257,000 (around $ 3,500).

The law "on Digital Financial Assets", which came into force in January, regulated some crypto -related activities in the Russian Federation, but among other things, mining cryptocurrencies is not one of them. This year demands were made under civil servants in Moscow. tax.

underground cryptofarm in Kyiv, Ukraine found

In the meantime, the security service of the Ukraine (SBU) announced On Friday she discovered an illegal mining facility in the Kiev Oblast. According to the most important Ukrainian law enforcement agency, three residents have a number of asics Border region rented to the capital. They allegedly used electrical energy worth 3.5 million GRIWNA (more than $ 128,000).

The increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies has made Ukraine a leading provider In recent years and in recent years and The government has taken steps to legalize" virtual assets ". While Bitcoin-Mining is regulated. This year the SGE is behind miners who use the country's power supply network, Last month in central lucraine.