CIB reveals in Thailand illegal encryption network

The Central Investigation Office of Thailand (CIB) seized 63 illegal mining machines On Friday raidOn the occasion of a big step in taking illegal action in the illegal operations in the country.

The mining platforms, which are about 2 million baht ($ 60,000), were discovered hidden in three abandoned houses in Bathoum Thani Province.

The raid followed complaints from the local population about stolen electricity, with doubts that it was used to mining cryptocurrencies.

Exaggeration of encryption It requires great energy, and stolen electricity resulted in significant losses, as the authorities estimate the damage to the urban electricity authority at more than 11 million baht (327 million dollars).

Along with mining platforms, officials have seized equipment including control units, routers and modified electricity numbers. However, the operations were controlled remotely, so no arrests were made.

It seems that the illegal process has links to a luxurious house in the Khan Now area in Bangkok, where other investigations are underway.

The authorities are not only concerned with financial losses, but also feel the danger of the fire posed by high -energy mining activities, which have been implemented without any human supervision.

The illegal encryption mining was an ongoing issue in Thailand Southeast Asia, with the dismantling of many large operations in recent months.

In the previous raids, the authorities seized nearly 1,000 mining platforms and closed illegal farms in the province of Sawar Thani, which were stealing electricity by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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