KL cops bust bitcoin mining operation, seize 250 machines

By JUSTIN ZACK

Nation
Friday, 19 Feb 2021
4:07 PM MYT

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KUALA LUMPUR: Police here have busted a group that had been stealing electricity to power their bitcoin mining operations.

City police chief Comm Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin, in a press conference at the contingent headquarters Friday (Feb 19), said that the group was arrested in a joint operation with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).

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Tags / Keywords: Electricity Theft , Tenaga Nasional , TNB , Saiful Azly Kamaruddin , bitcoin , crime

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KL cops bust bitcoin mining operation, seize 250 machines