Russian Authorities Bust Truck-Based Crypto Mine Draining Village Power

Hidden Bitcoin Mine Found in Russian Truck

Utility engineers tracing an unexplained load spike opened the vehicle’s rear doors to find 95 mining rigs wired to a mobile transformer and illegally tapped into a 10-kilovolt feeder—enough juice to light an entire village. Two men linked to the operation sped off in an SUV before police arrived. Local grid operator Buryatenergo says this is the sixth instance of electricity theft for crypto mining it has uncovered in 2025, and warns that makes…

Russian Authorities Bust Truck-Based Crypto Mine Draining Village Power

Mobile Crypto Mine Discovered in KamAZ Truck Russian law enforcement in the Republic of Buryatia has uncovered a truck-based cryptocurrency mining farm stealing electricity from a village in the Pribaikalsky District. The unauthorized setup was discovered during a routine inspection and used a KamAZ truck equipped with 95 mining rigs and a mobile transformer substation. It was illegally drawing energy from a 10-kilovolt line—enough to supply an …

Russian Police Uncover Mobile Crypto Farm Stealing Local Power

In a recent development from Buryatia, Russia’s Siberian region, local authorities have intercepted an unconventional mobile cryptocurrency mining operation housed within a large cargo container mounted on a truck. This innovative yet illicit setup was discovered tapping directly into a power station’s transformer, stealing electricity to power its mining activities. Uncovering the Mobile Mine Law enforcement and local power grid officials in Bu…

Illegal crypto mining operation found in kamaz truck in Russia’s Buryatia

14-6-2025 – Russian authorities in the Republic of Buryatia have uncovered a clandestine cryptocurrency mining operation, ingeniously hidden within a Kamaz truck. The illicit setup, detected during a routine inspection of power lines by the Buryat Energy Company, a subsidiary of Siberian Power...

Russian Truck-Based Crypto Mine Busted for Power Theft in Buryatia

Authorities in Russia’s Republic of Buryatia have uncovered an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation hidden inside a KamAZ truck siphoning electricity meant for a nearby village. Discovered during a routine power line inspection in the Pribaikalsky District, the unauthorized setup was drawing electricity from a 10-kilovolt line, enough to supply a small village, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS. Inside the truck, inspectors fo…