According to a local report, Indonesian law enforcement confiscated 1,134 Bitcoin machines, claiming an electricity theft nearing $1 million.
Indonesian police authorities have closed down ten Bitcoin mining operations, accusing the organizers of electricity theft amounting to nearly $1 million USD.
According to a recent local report, the North Sumatra Police Force took action against a multi-site Bitcoin mining operation spanning ten locations, confiscating 1,134 Bitcoin mining machines along with 11 meters of electrical cable and various computer equipment.
The Chief of North Sumatra Police, Irjen Agung Setya Imam Effendi, alleged that the organizers of the operation had tampered with electrical circuits to power the substantial number of Bitcoin mining machines.
