UK Police caught bitcoin mining facility which was caught stealing power


UK police had to execute a raid in an industrial unit in
the West Midlands. The reason being of expecting to find a cannabis farm, but
in its place found a big bitcoin mining facility. It was accidentally bypassing
the controls from the local power service company to siphon energy from the
main grid. It reported stealing thousands of pounds in the practice.
The police department was surprised last week (23-May-21
to 30-May-21) when they penetrated an alleged cannabis farm on an industrial premise. The
reports from intelligence say that all of the signs recommended the site was
used as a cannabis-growing farm.
The West Midlands police have specified in their report
after doing the analysis:
“We heard how various people were visiting the unit at
different times of day, lots of wiring and ventilation ducts were visible and a
police buzz picked up a considerable heat source from above. They are all
standard cannabis factory signs.”
Bitcoin associated Power Theft is Now Common
As it is identified that bitcoin mining is a very
energy-intensive job, and machines used for this reason spend big amounts of
energy to protect the network. This point has made cryptocurrency
mining-related power theft a common existence. There have been a number of
electricity theft cases in China and Malaysia. Here miners have stolen millions
of dollars while functionalizing their mining facilities.
If miners avoid their local controls and join their
machines directly to the grids, the energy consumption might be more. It will
be too much for the power system to handle. Iran is now facing electricity
issues, with its government banning Bitcoin mining due to the blackouts its
system is facing with the high demand for power for these purposes.

Vandana Mrigwani
CBW - External Analyst
INDIA