Spanish police raided a Bitcoin mine suspected of money laundering, seized mining machines and arrested 30 suspects

Mining Network reported on May 26 that on May 25, local time, in Madrid, Spain, the Spanish National Police showed the computer equipment seized in the anti-Bitcoin fraud operation at a press conference. In this operation, the Spanish police cooperated with Europol and the European Public Prosecutors' Organization to arrest a total of 30 criminals in 7 provinces in Spain.

According to Reuters, Spanish police revealed on Wednesday that they have arrested 30 suspects who were suspected of participating in money laundering and illegal distribution of pay TV content by investing in Bitcoin mining centers. These Bitcoin Mining Centers - through intensive computing to produce virtual Internet currency that can be used for transactions - Bitcoin, according to police, raids were carried out simultaneously in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Cordoba, and six illegal Bitcoin mining centers were seized.

(Editor Summer of Mining Network: The picture shows the Antminer S7 and APW3-1600W power supply)

(Summer, editor of CoinWise: The foreign police are very dedicated. They even seized routers, switches, network cables, and power strips. They caught everything in one fell swoop.)

The Spanish Internal Revenue Service launched a criminal crackdown on illegal decoding and distribution of pay TV content. After investigation, it was found that the suspects used assets such as luxury cars, financial products, and Bitcoin mines to launder money. The police also said that the large amount of electricity consumed by the operation of these Bitcoin mines involved in the case also involved fraud and theft. At present, they have seized about 31,300 euros worth of Bitcoin, several motorcycles and luxury sports cars, and a small aircraft. The specific amount involved has not yet been disclosed.