A 34-year-old resident of Yaroslavl has been found guilty of stealing mining equipment worth more than 1.6 million rubles. The regional prosecutor’s office says.
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According to the case materials, in February 2021 the defendant broke into a friend’s garage, where operating cryptocurrency-mining equipment was located.
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Subsequently he attempted to mine on his own, but failed to set up the equipment. The property was returned to the victim.
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The offender fully admitted guilt and expressed remorse. The Zavolzhsky District Court sentenced him to a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probationary period.
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Earlier, three residents of Kursk stole 30 graphics cards for cryptocurrency mining from their neighbor’s apartment.
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