On September 1, Malaysia's local news agency, The Star, reported that the country's law enforcement agencies had shut down the illegal mining of cryptovoltaic farms.
It is believed that in the Malaysian state of Johor, mining illegally cryptovolta, the miners stole $20,000 worth of electricity from the state every month.
After officials from the country's energy commission were informed, police searched the farms.
According to Nazlin Alim Sadikhia, the current regional director of the Energy Commission of the State of Johor, cryptovolta was extracted from two independent farms that used about 148 mining facilities for two.
"The first facility is assumed to have operated for three years and the second facility for two years," Sadihi told reporters.
It is also reported that the miners managed to earn more than 600 thousand dollars.
According to the local media, the suspects are facing a fine of $240 thousand or 10 years in prison.
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