Malaysian Police Raid Illegal Bitcoin Mining Site, Seize 73 Mining Machines and Arrest 2 People

TechFlow news, on July 30, according to reports from The New Straits Times, Malaysian police recently dismantled an illegal Bitcoin mining farm located in Tronoh, arrested two men aged 40 and 52 respectively, and seized 73 cryptocurrency mining devices and related equipment. Investigations revealed that the involved premises supplied power to mining machines through illegal electricity connections, including two abandoned houses and one unoccupied house. The case is currently being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code and Section 37(1) of the Electricity Supply Act 1990.