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Law enforcement officials use unique method to punish illegal crypto mining

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Perak Tengah district police authorities used a steamroller to crush 985 Bitcoin mining rigs on Aug. 19 .

The destroyed equipment was worth about 1.98 million Malaysian ringgits ($ 452,500 ) Malaysia 's deputy energy and water transformation minister said in July that the country lost at least $722 million in electricity thefts linked to crypto mining over the last six years .

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