Large underground mining farm found in Lipetsk

Russian power engineers have found another unauthorized connection of mining equipment tostate power grids.

Employees of “Lipetskenergo”, part ofto the structure of Rosseti, during the inspection they identified an underground mining farm of 115 pieces of equipment. Miners were illegally connected in the village of Nikolskoye, Usman district, which led to a sharp jump in electricity consumption. During the raid, it was possible to identify and seize the equipment, but its owner has not yet been identified.

According to preliminary estimates, the underground miner robbed Rossseti of 22.8 million rubles.

The company posted a notice on the officialwebsite and reminded citizens of the seriousness of the consequences of theft from the state. For the established fact of theft of electricity, an individual faces a fine of up to 30 thousand rubles, compensation for the entire amount of damage caused to the company and criminal liability in case of theft on an especially large scale.

The largest operator of electrical networks in Russiahas discovered more than 35 unauthorized mining farms in recent years. Underground mining continues to plague the company. Over three years, Rosseti suffered more than 450 million rubles in losses from cryptocurrency mining using stolen electricity. 

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