06/01/2020
Karolina Salinger
Company «Rosseti»estimated losses from illegally connected mining farms for three years.
As reported in the Telegram channel «Rossetey», the theft of electricity for cryptocurrency mining began to be recorded in 2017.
From 2017 to 2020, the company identified more than 35 cases of electricity theft by so-called «black miners» in 20 regions of the Russian Federation, and the total damage exceeded 450 million rubles.
«Rosseti» stressed that information about all identified cases is always transferred to law enforcement officers.
Recall that in May, Rosseti revealed an illegal mining farm at a former poultry farm in the Leningrad Region, the damage is estimated at 37 million rubles.