BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A local man has been detained and crypto mining equipment seized after authorities uncovered the illegal use of electricity to operate cryptocurrency mining rigs, including Bitcoin machines.
The coordinated operation was led by the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) and involved multiple enforcement agencies, namely: Limau Manis Police Station, Sengkurong Police Station, the Digital Forensics Unit, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department, the Department of Electrical Services, the Internal Security Department (ISD), the Department of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), and the Autoriti Elektrik Negara Brunei Darussalam (AEBD).
