PANews, June 14, news reported by Cointelegraph: During a routine inspection of power lines in the Baikal Lake region, law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Buryatia in the Russian Federation discovered illegal cryptocurrency mining activities hidden in a Kamaz truck. The truck was drawing power from a 10 kV line and contained 95 mining devices and a mobile substation, but two individuals involved fled the scene in an SUV before the police arrived. Buryatenergo, a subsidiary of the Siberian Electric Company in Russia, stated that there have been six cases of electricity theft related to cryptocurrency mining since the beginning of this year.
