Chinese Bitcoin Miner Gets 3.5 Years in Prison for Stealing Train Power

A Bitcoin miner in China has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison and a fine of 100,000 yuan (about $14,400) after he pled guilty to stealing electricity from a train network to feed his mining operation, as reported by local media outlet The Paper.

The Datong Railway Transport Court in China’s Shanxi province sentenced Xu Xinghua for stealing electricity from Kouquan Railway between November and December 2017. Xu used the power to run the 50-bit mining machine and three electric fans in his rented apartment. During this period, the miner stole nearly 104,000 yuan worth of…

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