Chinese Bitcoin miner arrested for stealing electricity from oil well

Chinese Bitcoin miner arrested for stealing electricity from oil well
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2019-6-14 15:23

Authorities in China have arrested a man after he reportedly stole electricity from an oil well to mine Bitcoin. The arrest was made after the police received a phone call from Daqing Oilfield, located in Haerken district (Tsitsihar, China) on May 28th.

According to a local media report, the man laid an electricity cable through a fish pond to steal the power from the oil well. In order to verify the claims, the police used a drone to conduct an airborne investigation and eventually discovered a small metal mining rig containing 20 Bitcoin mining machines. Overall, the damage caused to the…

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