Eight Unlicensed Crypto Miners Worth 15 Billion Rials Seized in Chegeni

Khorramabad – The police commander of Chegeni County announced the seizure of eight unlicensed cryptocurrency mining devices, along with auxiliary equipment, worth 15 billion rials, and the arrest of two suspects in this case.

Khorramabad- Chegani police commander announced the discovery and seizure of eight illegal cryptocurrency mining devices along with peripheral equipment worth 15 billion Rials and the arrest of two suspects in this regard.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, Col. Shapour Gravand, explaining the details of this news, stated: In line with the implementation of operational plans to fight against economic crimes and against the abuse of the public electricity distribution network, police officers of the city identified illegal activities in a number of residential units with intelligent monitoring.

He added: These units were illegally converted into the storage and operation of cryptocurrency mining devices, which were inspected after obtaining judicial licenses and with the presence of experts from the electricity distribution company.

Discovery of cryptocurrency mining equipment worth 15 billion Rials

The police commander of Chegani city stated: During this operation, eight unlicensed miner devices along with a modem device and peripheral equipment were discovered and seized.

Referring to the value of the exposed equipment, Gravand continued: According to experts, the value of this equipment is estimated at 15 billion Rials.

The arrest of two accused in the case of illegal miners

In the end, he emphasized on the legal treatment of economic crimes and noted that following this operation, two of the defendants were arrested and after filing a preliminary case, they were presented to the judicial authorities for legal procedures.