Tag - Cryptocurrency Mining

05Aug

Two men get six months’ jail each for electricity theft in Miri

MIRI: Two men have been sentenced to six months’ jail each for stealing electricity to power cryptocurrency mining operations. Sim Khiok Leng, 62, changed his plea to guilty during case management at the Sessions Court on Tuesday (Aug 5), where he was charged under Section 33(5) of the Electricity Ordinance (Chapter 50). According to the facts of...

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11Jul

Man fined RM120,000 for crypto mining linked power theft, wife fails to turn up for trial

MIRI: A 49-year-old man has been fined RM120,000 by the Sessions Court for electricity theft linked to cryptocurrency mining. The accused Hii King Lee on Friday (July 11) pleaded guilty to two separate charges under Section 33(5) of the Electricity Ordinance (Chapter 50). The first offence involved the dishonest abstraction of electricity at a row of commercial...

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