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Russian police found the largest bitcoin mine in an abandoned factory in the Russian city of Orenburg.
Crypto mining has stolen electricity worth 60 million rubles. They risk many years in jail.
Police in the Russian city of Orenburg found one of the largest facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the country that has consumed unusual electricity.
The unknown miners have illegally entered the cable to the nearest transformer station.
The mine is equipped with a strong application-specific circuit, and not an ordinary video card, used by amateur miners.
According to Ren TV's report, energy-hungry mining has used electricity worth 60 million rubles (more than $ 1 million).