One of the crypto farms was discovered by security forces in a garage on the territory of an unnamed transport company near the railway station "Pochinki." The farm operated without a contract with the energy supply company, and tampering with the meter's operation allowed "artificially understating the volume of consumed electricity," the police report.
A similar scheme was in operation at eight other sites in Nizhny Novgorod: mining equipment was placed at a car wash, in the basements of residential buildings, and also in a container buried in the ground on a private plot of land. In all cases, connection to the power grids was illegal, involving "tampering with the meters."
The police claim that during a search of the detainee, 120 mining devices, four mobile phones, a laptop, and bank cards were seized. A criminal case has been initiated against the suspect under Part 2 of Article 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Infliction of property damage by deception or abuse of trust"). Pending trial, the Russian must remain under a written undertaking not to leave.
Mining is not prohibited in Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region. The region is not included in the list of subjects of the Russian Federation where restrictions on cryptocurrency mining are in effect.
Earlier, in the Irkutsk region, police officers discovered an illegal crypto farm in a forest belt near the village of Stolbova. The inspection began after representatives of the energy supply company informed law enforcement agencies of a suspicious connection to the power grids.
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