Employees of the company \”Rosseti Center Lipetskenergo\” discovered an illegal mining farm on the territory of one of the bases in the village of Nikolskoye, Usmansky District. This was reported on the company\’s website.
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The inspection was carried out after detecting a sharp increase in electricity consumption. Authorities identified 115 devices for cryptocurrency mining; the equipment was seized.
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Preliminary estimates put the damage from the mining-farm activities at 22.8 million rubles.
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Earlier, a large-scale electricity theft due to illegal mining identified in Ingushetia.
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