This incident is being called the “Big Bitcoin Heist” by Iceland's media outlets. Apparently, the real issue seems to be concerning the equipment allegedly used to mine the Bitcoins, and not so much the "earned" Bitcoins. Moreover, a judge in the country's Reykjanes District Court ordered two individuals, linked to the heist, to remain in custody, as the investigation proceeds.
While speaking about the heists, police commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson noted that,
"This is a grand theft on a scale unseen before. Everything points to this being a highly organized crime.”Other findings of the investigation state that approximately 600 powerful computers were stolen during the burglaries. Notably, these types of crypto-related heists are becoming increasingly common. As Core Media reported on February 23rd, Taiwanese authorities arrested four men linked to a violent Bitcoin robbery, during which they reportedly forced the victims to transfer a large number of Bitcoins to their own wallets.
However, due to the heists, Icelandic law enforcement agencies are keeping a close watch on the country's energy consumption, in order to track down the stolen equipment. Presumably, tracing locations with abnormally high electricity usage could help in finding the missing mining computers, and possibly even more criminals that could be connected to this "organized crime."
