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Dutch Brothers in Court for Bitcoin Mining With Stolen Power

posted by janrinok on Thursday September 22 2016, @10:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the we'll-get-you-for-something dept.

fliptop writes:

At phys.org:

Prosecutors in the Netherlands are seeking prison sentences for two brothers who they say used stolen electricity to power computers they used to mine bitcoins worth an estimated 200,000 euros ($223,500).

Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday that powerful computers used to "mine" the electronic currency were found in a building in the port city of Rotterdam that belonged to one of the brothers and also was used as a cannabis nursery.

Equipment in the nursery and the computers were running on illegally tapped electricity when they were discovered in 2014.

Also at AP.org.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Whoever on Friday September 23 2016, @02:00AM

    by Whoever (4524) on Friday September 23 2016, @02:00AM (#405376) Journal

    Not clever enough to realise most cannabis hydroponic growers have been caught owning to excess electricity consumption.

    This was in the Netherlands. Perhaps they were hoping that the authorities would assume they were only growing weed and leave them alone?

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