{"id":52753,"date":"2025-09-03T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=52753"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:45:20","slug":"irkutsk-police-uncover-mining-farm-hidden-in-bushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/irkutsk-police-uncover-mining-farm-hidden-in-bushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Irkutsk Police Uncover Mining Farm Hidden in Bushes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Irkutsk, police officers and energy company specialists discovered a mining farm in a forest plantation. The monthly income was approximately 250,000 rubles.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"svetpriangaria38\/27395\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>ASIC miners were installed 20 meters from residential buildings. Unknown individuals connected 21 cryptocurrency mining devices to a 0.4 kV power line.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary estimates suggest the damage from unauthorized electricity consumption amounted to about 1 million rubles. Authorities are currently identifying those involved in organizing the illegal mining farm. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>On August 22, in the Irkutsk region, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/IrinaVolk_MVD\/5167\">four suspects<\/a> were detained for stealing equipment used for mining digital assets worth 5.3 million rubles. The incident occurred in the settlement of Magistralny, where unknown individuals broke into a hangar containing mining equipment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2025-09-03 \u0432 11.36.38\" class=\"wp-image-264962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-03-v-11.36.38-2048x1146.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Law enforcement seized the stolen equipment and returned it to the owner. A criminal case has been initiated regarding the theft. All detainees have been placed under travel restrictions and are required to behave appropriately.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mining Hotels in Other Regions<\/h2>\n<p>On August 29, a large mining farm ceased operations in Krasnoyarsk on the premises of a former pulp and paper mill. A year earlier, a local entrepreneur had obtained permission to connect two premises. Instead of the declared activities, he installed cryptocurrency mining equipment there.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an expansion, the organizer of the hotel installed additional containers with equipment outdoors, exceeding the leased area. He connected to a land plot that supplies socially significant facilities, including a clinic.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor&#8217;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/epp.genproc.gov.ru\/web\/proc_24\/mass-media\/news?item=107381256\">noted<\/a> that the entrepreneur did not show the electrical equipment to Rostekhnadzor specialists during inspections. Following law enforcement demands, the network organization restricted electricity supply to the site.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"krpronws\/14055\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, an illegal mining farm was dismantled in the Zaporizhzhia region, where cryptocurrency mining is officially banned. 147 ASIC devices were operating on the premises of a private house in one of the region&#8217;s villages.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"gumvdzo\/1364\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August, energy specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ingushetia-farmers-caught-illegally-mining-cryptocurrency-stealing-8-million-kwh-of-electricity\">discovered<\/a> illegal cryptocurrency miners at a livestock farm in the Ingush village of Surkhakhi, which led to the theft of 8 million kWh of electricity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Irkutsk, police officers and energy company specialists discovered a mining farm in a forest plantation. The monthly income was approximately 250,000 rubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Authorities also detained ASIC thieves and conducted raids in other regions.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1137,27],"class_list":["post-52753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"183","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Authorities also detained ASIC thieves and conducted raids in other regions.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52755,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753\/revisions\/52755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}