Shocking! A mysterious machine "Bitcoin mining machine" was hidden in an abandoned factory, and the electricity theft was finally destroyed!

Bitcoin is very popular recently.

Many people have heard of it but don’t understand it.

Since the birth of Bitcoin,

The controversy surrounding it has never ceased.

In addition to purchasing equipment, Bitcoin mining

The biggest expense is the high electricity bill every day!

In order to illegally obtain greater profits,

Some criminals are willing to take risks.

recently,

Someone in Dangtu actually did this kind of thing in order to mine Bitcoin!

Fire attracts attention

On June 17, a transformer caught fire next to an abandoned factory building in Jiangxin Township, Dangtu County. After receiving the alarm, the Jiangxin Police Station and the Criminal Investigation Brigade quickly went to deal with the fire....

(Transformer burnt out)

After on-site investigation and visits, it was found that this was not just a simple fire alarm. Various signs showed that this was a man-made fire case....

Mysterious Machine Relocation and Power Cutoff Case

The Criminal Investigation Brigade learned that in mid-April 2018, the suspect Deng rented an abandoned factory building and bypassed the electric meter to directly connect to a transformer in the factory to provide power for the Bitcoin mining machine he purchased.

(Multiple machines in the abandoned factory)

Overloaded machine caused fire

Starting from April 22, Deng purchased 200 bitcoin mining machines and placed them in the factory to collect virtual currency bitcoins from the Internet.

(Seized mining machine)

On June 17, the transformer caught fire due to excessive load, and the theft of electricity was discovered on the spot by police officers from the Dangtu County Public Security Bureau. After investigation, it was found that Deng had stolen electricity for about 40 days for Bitcoin mining, with a value of tens of thousands of yuan. At present, the suspect Deng has been taken compulsory measures according to law, and the case is under further trial.

Legal education moment

According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or commits theft multiple times, burglary, theft with a weapon, or pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall be fined or fined alone; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall be fined; if the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall be fined or have his property confiscated.