Malaysian police destroy 1,069 bitcoin mining rigs with steamroller, video shows
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SectionsTVFeaturedMore from NBC Follow NBC News Call it a crypto crackdown — literally.Malaysian authorities seized 1,069 bitcoin mining rigs, laid them out in a parking lot at police headquarters, and used a steamroller to crush them, as part of a joint operation between law enforcement in the city of Miri and electric utility Sarawak Energy.Assistant Commissioner of Police Hakemal Hawari told CNBC the crackdown came after miners allegedly stole $2 million worth of electricity siphoned from Sarawak Energy power lines.A video of the event posted last week by local Sarawak news outlet Dayak Daily has since gone viral on social media.Acting on a tip, authorities on the island of Borneo confiscated the rigs in six separate raids between February and April.
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