ALOR GAJAH: Melaka police have seized 700 computers servers running on stolen electricity to mine cryptocurrency at a two-storey shoplot at Pusat Perniagaan Pulau Sebang here yesterday.
Deputy police chief Shahrul Lalli Masduki said the illegal activity, believed to be going on for about two months, had caused Tenaga Nasional Berhad to suffer losses of about RM648,000.
He said a 35-year-old man was detained.
“When the raid was carried out, there was no one at the premises and police had to force their way in. Inspections found the 700 units of servers on the second floor and various electrical devices illegally connected to the electricity supply to carry out Bitcoin mining.
“Based on the investigation carried out by TNB, electricity consumption was estimated in excess of RM324,000 a month but the bill registered under the premises showed just around RM10 a month,” he told a press conference here today.