A Taiwanese boss engaged in virtual currency mining and stole more than NT$76 million in electricity a year.
Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau recently cracked a theft of electricity case, with the main suspect being a medical beauty clinic owner who used mining to produce virtual currency to make money. The suspect set up eight so-called "mining fields" throughout Taichung, all of which required stolen electricity to mine. Within a year, Taiwan Power Company lost more than 76 million New Taiwan dollars. (CCTV News)
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