2018-7-26 23:07 |
The CEO of Russian payment services provider Qiwi Sergey Solonin has claimed that an ex-employee of the company used its payment terminals to mine bitcoins in 2011.
The programmer, who has not been named by Solonin, has managed to mine 500,000 bitcoins, according to a July 25 report by news site Meduza.
And now it’s billions of dollars.” According to Meduza, Qiwi has managed to detect their employee’s mining operation after noticing the increased electricity usage by the terminals during the night.
Upon being discovered, the programmer refused to give up his fortune and resigned from the company.
Aksakov also said that the State Duma would pass its bill on cryptocurrencies during the autumn session, Cointelegraph reported July 18.