Malaysian Crypto Miners Were Caught Stealing Electricity From the State

Cointelegraph

Published Aug 12, 2020 05:01PM ET

Updated Aug 12, 2020 06:40PM ET

Malaysian police arrested four cryptocurrency mining operators after discovering that they were stealing electricity from the state-owned power firm, Sarawak Energy Berhad, or SEB.

According to Malay Mail, authorities spent two days cracking down on four shophouses, believed to be housing cryptocurrency mining centers. The shophouses were located in the cities of Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Jalan Pahlawan and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.

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