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Illegal Bitcoin mining farm found at UAZ plant, damage tops 1 million rubles

  • —The farm was hidden in a workshop basement with entrances masked by metal sheets
  • —Damage from unmetered electricity consumption exceeded 1 million rubles
  • —Police stumbled on the farm while investigating a bicycle theft case in Ulyanovsk
  • —A bill introducing criminal liability for unregistered mining passed its first reading
Why it matters: The case highlights how illegal mining is moving into industrial sites, while pending Russian legislation could make unregistered mining a criminal offense.
Source: Код Дурова
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