One of the biggest underground crypto busts just went down — and it’s wild. 😳
🚨 In Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai region, authorities raided and shut down a 30,000 sqm illegal crypto mining farm that was stealing electricity and running on state-owned land. Yeah, 30,000 square meters — not your average basement rig.$BTC
🔍 What Went Down?
📍 Hidden in plain sight in an industrial zone in Nazarovo, Siberia, the site was masked as a “non-residential building.” But past the barbed wire fences?
A full-blown Bitcoin mining operation — packed with transformers, generators, and cooling systems — raking in nearly $58K/month in crypto.
Power? Stolen straight from the grid.
Land? Government-owned, fraudulently leased.
Legal status? 🚫 None.
👮 What Investigators Found:
⚡ Unauthorized electricity use
🔥 Fire safety hazards
📜 Fake building documents
🌍 Misuse of state property
And get this — even after being warned, the operator just kept mining. So? Prosecutors got a court order and shut it down hard.$SOL
💣 More Shocking Details:
The energy company first noticed power instability in the local grid — and tipped off prosecutors.
The load was so intense, it was on the edge of triggering citywide blackouts.
And this wasn’t even the first time:
👉 Back in February, an energy worker was busted for taking bribes to ignore illegal rigs — which stole another $119K worth of electricity.
📈 The Bigger Picture:
Krasnoyarsk has now joined Irkutsk and Tatarstan as one of Russia’s top crypto mining hotspots. Why? Cold climate + cheap power = mining goldmine.
But now? Crackdowns are ramping up — especially on off-grid, unlicensed, and dangerous setups like this.
📌 Bottom Line:
Illegal crypto mining isn’t just shady — it’s dangerous.
It threatens power grids, fuels corruption, and costs cities real money.
Regulators are watching. And if you’re not playing clean?
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