Police crack down on cryptocurrency mining operations linked to electrical theft in Teluk Intan


IPOH: More than 100 cryptocurrency mining rigs, believed to be linked to electricity theft, have been seized by the police at several locations in Teluk Intan.

Hilir Perak OCPD Asst Comm Dr Bakri Zainal Abidin said the police seized 66 of the machines at several homes in Taman Lagenda last Wednesday (Nov 5), with 40 more confiscated on Saturday (Nov 8).

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