2023-8-1 12:30 |
A Malaysian energy supplier uncovered an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation stealing power from the local grid on the island nation of Borneo.
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Apart from recently shutting down some banks, regulators closed a crypto firm allegedly conducting illegal businesses. Bitzlato and its founder felt the power of the US Department of Justice when it closed down the exchange for allegedly processing illegal transactions worth over $700 million.
2023-3-24 19:20 | |
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The governor of the Irkutsk region in Russia complained to the government about illegal miners. Because of them, power outages may begin in the region.
2021-10-20 10:51 | |
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A Canadian crypto mine could be facing up to $7 million in fines after setting up a power plant without permission. The post Illegal Bitcoin Operation in Alberta Facing More Than $7M in Fines appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-10-2 22:08 | |
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Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade questioned Tavanir’s claims that illegal mining activities consume 2,000 megawatts of power.
2021-9-2 13:35 | |
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The People's Government Office of Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province issued a strict edict forbidding hydropower stations from providing illegal power supply to cryptocurrency mining companies. The post Yunnan Province Cuts Off Hydropower to Illegal Crypto Mining appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-8-23 18:27 | |
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Власти уезда Инцзян провинции Юньнань (Китай) потребовали от гидроэлектростанций прекратить незаконное энергоснабжение майнинговых ферм, сообщает журналист Колин Ву. Yunnan Yingjiang requires that all illegal power supply to Bitcoin "mining" be stopped, and the removal shall be carried out before August 24, otherwise the government will forcibly remove it.
2021-8-24 16:31 | |
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A recent report reveals that Malaysian authorities are sweeping out illegal Bitcoin miners in the country. According to the report, 297 Bitcoin machines have already been seized. The authorities also raided multiple premises involved in the stealing of power to mine Bitcoin (BTC/USD).
2021-7-18 16:27 | |
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In the latest crackdown on illegal crypto mining, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) busted a mining operation, arresting an unspecified number of miners and recovering over 3500 PS4 gaming consoles and about 500 graphics cards that were found on the premises.
2021-7-12 18:56 | |
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has located a massive coin minting facility that was illegally connected to the power grid in Vinnytsia. Law enforcement officials claim it’s the largest underground crypto mining farm they have found so far.
2021-7-11 00:30 | |
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Authorities in Iran have confiscated 3,000 units of mining hardware in just one week as part of a push to curb illegal crypto mining amid power shortages and blackouts. In a single year, Iranian law enforcement has shut down over 180 crypto farms in Tehran Province alone.
2021-6-11 22:00 | |
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Citing a need to maintain a stable electricity supply for other users, Iran will be pulling the plug on cryptocurrency mining farms whenever power consumption peaks. The measure intended to deal with shortages will target licensed facilities despite the government admitting that illegal crypto miners burn much more energy. Licensed Crypto Miners Use 300 MW, […]
2021-5-23 07:00 | |
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The illegal mining operations will be disconnected from the national power grid and the miners will face prosecution.
2021-1-7 20:43 | |
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One of the largest exporters of electricity in Europe has revealed details of the most significant theft they have had in history, linked to a massive illegal bitcoin mining farm in a small Bulgarian village.
2020-12-16 15:05 | |
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A massive illegal Bitcoin mining farm has been found in a Bulgarian village
2020-12-14 20:54 | |
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The crypto mining crisis in Abkhazia is closely reaching its boiling point following the burnout of a power substation amid the refusal of both illegal and legal crypto miners to slow down their operations in the state.
2020-12-10 17:00 | |
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The North Caucasian division of the Russian energy company announced it revealed another mining farm that was illegally connected to the power supply.
2020-9-9 15:36 | |
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Iran’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has reportedly shut down 1,100 illegal bitcoin mining farms in the country, local media reported. Whistle-blowers tipped off authorities on unauthorized miners following a July announcement of rewards including 100 million rials (about $2,400).
2020-8-23 16:30 | |
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Malaysian authorities have arrested five individuals for stealing electricity to power their illegal cryptocurrency mining operations. Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) disclosed today that the band of illegal crypto miners was taken into custody for stealing at least $59,000 worth of electricity per month.
2020-8-13 12:30 | |
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The supreme court of China has recommended increasing the legal protection of property rights, including digital currency ownership rights. The recommendations also focus on solving issues such as “the use of public power to infringe private property rights, illegal seizures, and freezing of private enterprise property.
2020-7-22 23:30 | |
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Bitmain's power struggle gets nastier with co-founder Jihan Wu being accused of an illegal coup
2020-6-22 09:34 | |
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Electricity thieves built their own illicit power stations to connect hidden mining farms with the local energy grid, a state-owned provider says.
2020-6-8 12:00 | |
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Micree Zhan, the former co-founder of Bitmain, will be pressing charges against the hardware manufacturing giant. He claims that he was removed from the company illegally. With Jihan Wu now leading Bitmain, its former co-founder is claiming this was an illegal power grab—and he plans to take action.
2019-11-8 22:32 | |
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A 29-year-old man from Singapore faces 34 years in prison after allegedly stealing Amazon AWS and Google Cloud computing power and services to mine crypto. Stole Victims’ Information to Mine Crypto Ho Jun Jia also known as Matthew Ho was taken into the custody of the Singapore Police Force on September 26 after being charged under a 14-count indictment.
2019-10-11 18:00 | |
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In the latest update from the Capital One illegal cryptocurrency mining case, hacker Paige Thompson has been indicted for stealing data, in addition to using stolen computer power for crypto-mining activities.
2019-8-29 19:00 | |
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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the nation’s primary law enforcement authority, has arrested several individuals for illegally mining bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins at the state’s nuclear power plant (NPP), reports RT on August 22, 2019.
2019-8-23 21:00 | |
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Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), Malaysia’s state-owned electricity company has raided 33 buildings illegally using its energy for bitcoin mining operations that gulped RM3. 2 million (roughly $763k) worth of power whereas they only paid a bill of only RM219 ($52), according to a report by local news source, malaymail August 7, 2019.
2019-8-9 17:00 | |
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Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region.
2019-8-6 21:00 | |
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Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region.
2019-8-8 21:00 | |
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Power officials in Iran have seized 1,000 bitcoin mining machines in two abandoned factories turned into mining farms in the central province of Yazd, Iran. The officials claim the cryptocurrency mining equipment was seized because their operators illegally made use of government-subsidized electricity, according to a Tech2 report on June 28, 2019.
2019-6-29 01:00 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Although China has shut down bitcoin trading platforms and deemed them illegal, its attitude toward bitcoin mining is still ambiguous.
2019-5-31 20:14 | |
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Nestled in the exhibition room at this year’s Consensus conference, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had a message for conference goers as they weaved in and out of booths representing various projects and startups in the space: “Be on the lookout for virtual currency fraud” and if you see it, let us know.
2019-5-17 19:00 | |
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Our Organization Levblockchain LVE, will help many new, young, passionate people who are trying to work on new technology projects, blockchain projects and products. Many of Greek Developers abandoning because of the country’s educational erroneous infrastructure and frozen economic growth.
2019-3-25 22:16 | |
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German police have arrested six members of a mining ring who were making use of stolen electricity to mine currency since 2017, as reported by Freie Presse, February 6, 2019. Hijacked Power While people around the world enjoy using cryptocurrency, the actual process of mining crypto is quite tedious and more importantly, expensive, particularly inRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-9 06:00 | |
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Patreon has been making the case for censorship-resistant money increasingly apparent. The platform allows members to contribute to artists or creators that they support.
2019-1-19 22:15 | |
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A Taiwanese Bitcoin miner identified with the last name Yang was recently arrested and charged by authorities for mining 100 million yuan ($14. 5 million) in cryptocurrencies. He used NT$100 million ($3.
2018-12-28 14:29 | |
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Cryptocurrency transactions are getting a policy makeover in Taiwan after the country’s top financial watchdog agreed to curb illegal transfers and crackdown on those in violation of the law. Taiwan’s Crackdown As reported by Asia Times on Nov.
2018-11-7 14:00 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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The law offices of Pomerantz LLP in New York have filed a series of civil suits against MGT Capital Investment and its executive officers on behalf of several of the trading firm’s past or present customers.
2018-10-18 20:05 | |
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There has been a wealth of news of late about China and the Chinese authorities new position on cryptocurrency. In the shortest possible terms, the government want to totally ban cryptocurrency trading and investment and wish to stamp out the Bitcoin culture that has slowly built up in China.
2018-10-15 23:00 | |
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Wars have been started and peace agreements signed, all over money-either a lack of it or the desire to control what’s valuable. Now, many people, including government leaders, understand that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are valuable, and they know this new kind of money isn’t going away.
2018-9-27 21:30 | |
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The latter end of this week has seen a number of different movements happen within China that are all pointing towards a complete ban of cryptocurrencies and any blockchain related activities in the country.
2018-8-25 23:00 | |
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ECoinmerce, a DAO e-commerce platform, has announced the launch of the Crypto Community Watch program, in partnership with a consortium of crypto industry organizations including ICO Alert, GZH, Step VC and NewEconomies.
2018-8-21 19:07 | |
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently revealed that the nation’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, will be used as a unit of account by the state oil company PDVSA.
2018-8-16 00:26 | |
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As with brick-and-mortar industries that are slowly fading away to the globalism of the online world, so too will the traditional prediction market industry have to innovate to keep up with the sheer efficiency, reliability and security that the decentralized prediction markets promise to bring.
2018-7-31 15:58 | |
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In recent mining news, AMD has reported declining sales of mining hardware during the second quarter of 2018, Hut 8 has claimed to now comprise the largest bitcoin mining company in Canada by operating power following the construction of its second facility, and Chinese authorities have shut down what they have described as “illegal” mining […] The post Mining Round-Up: AMD GPU Sales Decline, Hut 8 Claims to be Largest Miner in Canada appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-7-27 03:15 | |
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