A resident of Kaspiysk illegally connected to the power grid to mine cryptocurrency. The damage amounted to more than 1.8 million rubles, according to the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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The mining farm operated from October to the end of November 2020 in a non-residential premises on the outskirts of the city.
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Authorities have opened a criminal case for causing damage \”through deceit or abuse of trust\”. The investigation continues.
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Recall, according to Rosseti, Dagestan leads among Russia’s regions in the number of detected cases of illegal electricity consumption by miners.
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