Georgia’s Ministry of Inside Affairs (MIA) is continuous its investigation into the unlawful use of electrical energy in the Mestia municipality of the Svaneti area. Over the previous three days, regulation enforcement officers have seized 212 cryptocurrency mining devices.
In accordance with the ministry, throughout latest searches, law enforcement officials in the Samegrelo-Higher Svaneti area discovered and confiscated one other 17 miners. Beforehand, 195 devices had been seized.
Investigators imagine that native residents used the tools for cryptocurrency mining, illegally consuming giant quantities of electrical energy and thereby systematically producing unlawful revenue.
The MIA said that the investigation is ongoing. Regulation enforcement officers are figuring out different potential contributors in the scheme and verifying their involvement in the alleged offense.
The investigation is being carried out underneath the article in regards to the violation of guidelines for the usage of power assets. The utmost penalty underneath this text is as much as three years in jail.
