{"id":54071,"date":"2021-12-03T17:25:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54071"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:24:43","slug":"sbu-bitcoin-miners-near-kyiv-stole-electricity-worth-3-5-million-hryvnias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sbu-bitcoin-miners-near-kyiv-stole-electricity-worth-3-5-million-hryvnias\/","title":{"rendered":"SBU: Bitcoin miners near Kyiv stole electricity worth 3.5 million hryvnias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-vykryla-pidpilnu-kryptofermu-na-kyivshchyni-yaka-vkrala-elektroenerhii-na-35-mln-hrn\">discovered<\/a> in the Kyiv region an underground mining farm, the owners of which allegedly stole electricity worth 3.5 million hryvnias (over $128,000).<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigation, three local residents rented a hangar in the Bucha district and placed ASIC miners there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>They connected to the power substation bypassing the meter, hence paying only nominal sums.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/2xMFZ7M4miH_fw149TF_mQeOFrML3LhDBItymkCUCx7Bh4GO3SEEqCg3CjWrUvKR4lRWY-Ce5zLsf4XyC3ydLHtSYVlqtx5o270totdjXmitdrH8a4SkqfFb_K8cevY-QCz8p_b1\" alt=\"\u0421\u0411\u0423: \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043c \u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440\u044b \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0445\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u044d\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u043c\u043c\u0443 3,5 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u0433\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u043d\"\/><figcaption>Source: SBU press service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Law enforcement authorities seized mining devices valued at more than 6 million hryvnias (about $220,000 at the time of writing).<\/p>\n<p>A criminal case has been opened into the fraud. To determine the exact extent of the damage, investigators will conduct computer-technical and economic examinations of the equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in November, the SBU uncovered a mining farm in the Cherkasy region that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ukraine-uncovers-mining-farm-stealing-electricity-on-an-industrial-scale\">amounting to more than 6 million hryvnias<\/a> of electricity was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Mining in Ukraine is not illegal, provided it does not involve unauthorised connections to the power grid for this activity.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 crypto news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered an underground mining farm in the Kyiv region, whose owners allegedly stole electricity worth 3.5 million hryvnias (over $128,000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1137,504,16],"class_list":["post-54071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-energy","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54073,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54071\/revisions\/54073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}