Rosseti detect two illegal mining farms; damage exceeds 2 million rubles

Rosseti specialists, together with law enforcement, identified two mining farms illegally connected to the power grid.

As reported by the publication «Акценты», the first farm was found in Vladikavkaz, the second in the settlement of Zavodskoy. One of them illegally consumed electricity for three months, the other for a year.

Total damage exceeds 615 thousand kWh and 2.6 million rubles.

In June, Rosseti North Caucasus halted the operation of two illegal mining farms in Dagestan. The damage amounted to about 30 million rubles.

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