Spanish police raid suburban home that allegedly carried out illegal crypto operation and seize more than 100 miners

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Spain’s National Police said they dismantled an alleged illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that was being operated from residential property.

A tweet from the Spanish National Police account indicates that more than 100 machines were used in the crypto mining operation in the Spanish city of Toledo.

“This is how we dismantled an illegal mining farm in criptomonedas (crypto-currencies) in a chalet in Toledo. It had more than 100 working processors and cooling, smoke and heat extraction equipment. The farm has been maintained thanks to an illegal connection to the electricity supply.

A video accompanying the tweet shows a team of police breaking into the house where they find cryptocurrency mining rigs and cooling equipment.

According to a Spanish publication, police arrested a suspect accused of being behind the operation. She faces a prison sentence ranging from three months to one year with the possibility of a lesser sentence if the amount of stolen electricity turns out to be less than 400 euros.

Police initially suspected that the crypto mining operation was an indoor cannabis farm due to the heavy electricity consumption and excessive heat coming from the house.

This year, several cases of suspected illegal cryptocurrency mining operations have surfaced in various parts of the world. Malaysian authorities last month raided an operation suspected of stealing electricity worth around $ 2 million. Eight people were arrested and over 1,000 Bitcoin mining rigs were confiscated and destroyed.

In May, UK police raided a Bitcoin mining operation suspected of being an indoor cannabis farm. Around 100 mining rigs have been found, with estimates that the stolen electricity was worth thousands of dollars.

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