BlockBeats News, April 3rd. According to China Newsweek, the People’s Court of Honggang District, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China recently released a first-instance judgment. The court sentenced Zhang to ten years in prison and Zhao to four years and ten months in prison for the crime of theft. Zhang and Zhao, for illegal profit, privately tapped into the high-voltage line of an oil field to “steal electricity” and set up 36 Bitcoin mining machines in an abandoned pigsty.
After trial, it was found that on September 8, 2024, Zhang illegally tapped into the oil field’s high-voltage line of a certain oil extraction plant of a Daqing limited liability company. He used the stolen electricity in the abandoned pigsty of a slaughterhouse he was renting to mine Bitcoin with mining machines. Zhang had purchased 24 mining machines and later contacted Zhao to join him in operating the Bitcoin mining machines.
Zhang and Zhao, for illegal profit, privately tapped into the high-voltage line of an oil field to “steal electricity” and set up 36 Bitcoin mining machines in an abandoned pigsty. According to information from the China Judgments Online website, the People’s Court of Honggang District, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, recently released a first-instance judgment, sentencing Zhang to ten years in prison and Zhao to four years and ten months in prison for the crime of theft.
After trial, it was found that on September 8, 2024, Zhang illegally tapped into the high-voltage line of an oil field of a certain oil extraction plant of a Daqing limited liability company. He used the stolen electricity in the abandoned pigsty of a slaughterhouse he was renting to mine Bitcoin with mining machines. Zhang had purchased 24 mining machines and later contacted Zhao to join him in operating the Bitcoin mining machines.
