Russian authorities discovered a network of nine secret cryptocurrency mining farms in Nizhny Novgorod. One farm was found in a garage near the railway station "Pochinki," operating without a contract with the power supply company and with tampered meters to artificially reduce electricity consumption. Similar illegal setups were found at eight other locations, including a car wash, residential building basements, and a buried container on private land. All were connected to the grid illegally with meter interference. Police seized 120 mining devices, four mobile phones, a laptop, and bank cards during a search. The suspect faces criminal charges for property damage through deception and is under a travel restriction. While mining is not banned in the Nizhny Novgorod region, this case involved electricity theft. Previously, in Irkutsk Oblast, police found an illegal crypto farm in a forest belt near a village after a tip from the energy company.
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