Russia’s 17th-Century Prison Turns Into Crypto Mining Farm -Breaking
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Russia’s 17th-Century Prison Turns Into Crypto Mining Farm- In a 1771-built Moscow jail, an illegal crypto mining farm was discovered.
- Unlawful mining and theft electricity were charges brought against the deputy warden.
- According to the Deputy Energy Minister, legalizing mining could reduce power scarcity.
Russian Law Enforcement officials have uncovered an illegal crypto mining operation at Russia’s oldest prison. A deputy warden of Moscow’s Butyrskaya prison has been accused of setting up the mining farm by stealing electricity with the help of unauthorized accomplices.
The Russian Federation’s Investigative Committee confiscated digital coin mining hardware from the premises of the prison’s psychiatric clinic. According to the investigation, the senior representative of the management and deputy warden set up this mining farm with the assistance of some colleagues in November 2021. The mining continued until February 2022.
This period saw machines that were used to mine more than 8400kW of electricity. The government paid over 62,000 rubles (roughly $1000) for this purchase.
It was a charge of…
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