Cryptocurrency premises raided for stealing electricity


Nazlin inspecting cryptocurrency mining machines during a raid on two shophouses in Iskandar Puteri.

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Two cryptocurrency mining premises here have been raided for electricity theft totalling an estimated RM2.5mil.

The raids were conducted during a joint operation led by the Energy Commission (ST) with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Iskandar Puteri City Council and the Inland Revenue Board at the shophouses in Iskandar Puteri.

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