THELOGICALINDIAN - Police in Iceland answerable seven individuals for cabal break-in and annexation for burglary from the regions mining accessories Iceland prosecutors are charging the suspects with over 871000 in baseborn appurtenances but the accumulation of individuals are additionally actuality sued for 17 actor in amercement from three abstracted mining firms
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After Several Failed Attempts Thieves Rob Icelandic Bitcoin Mines — Scoring a Bunch of Mining Rigs
Back in April Amsterdam badge arrested a man called Sindri Thor Stefansson for his affiliation with burglary millions of dollars account of bitcoin mining accessories in Iceland. Now according to a translated address of cloister abstracts stemming from Iceland prosecutors, Stefansson and six added individuals are actuality answerable with ten bent counts. The seven bodies will be answerable with control of weapons, cocaine, and annexation of over $2 actor USD account of mining computers and equipment. Cloister abstracts accustomed to Modern Consensus explain that Iceland admiral are accusing the assemblage of $871,819 in baseborn accessory and the allegation will be followed by a balloon that will go afore a accumulation of judges. Furthermore, law firms apery three abstracted mining accessories are suing the accumulation for $1.7 actor in a altered case.
Stefansson and his assemblage were allegedly relentlessly aggravating to rob arresting bitcoin mines back the group’s aboriginal break-in on December 5, 2017, back they blanket 100 mining rigs from Algrim Consulting. The burglars afresh approved to abduct from Borealis Abstracts Centermost (BDC) mines, but bootless that night because they set off an alarm. According to badge in Iceland, the aggregation attacked BDC Mines in Ásbrú afresh a brace canicule later but were unsuccessful. Following the BDC attempts, Stefansson, Viktori Inga, Peter Stanislav, and Matthíasi Jóni beggared the VK abstracts centermost in Borgarnes and fabricated off with 28 Bitmain Antminers. Afterwards the acknowledged account at the Borgarnes mine, the aggregation attempts to rob BDC afresh the day afterwards Christmas, and one of the suspects managed to accomplish it central the facility. However, already afresh the BDC alarms alarm the assemblage of thieves away.
Advania Mines: The Biggest Heist
According to the abstracts acquired by Modern Consensus columnist Brendan Sullivan, Iceland prosecutors say on January 16, 2024, the four men assassin three added individuals in adjustment to rob the Advania mines. The aggregation was able to abduct 225 absolutely anatomic Bitmain mining rigs with the advice from an ‘inside man’ and allegedly wore aegis uniforms. This accurate break-in was the crew’s better and the robbery reportedly took hours.
Reports accompaniment the ‘inside man’ gave the thieves a aegis admission cipher and a blueprint of Advania’s attic plan. Iceland badge arrested two associates of the assemblage on February 1, 2024, with an actionable amaze gun and added than a bisected ounce of cocaine. From that point, one of the suspects purportedly angry on Stefansson and his gang, so the badge were able to clue bottomward anniversary affiliate of the accumulation afterward the aboriginal two arrests.
An “Icelandic acknowledged expert” accustomed with the case explained that the prosecutors are alive calm with the clandestine law firms assassin by the miners. Stefansson and aggregation are actuality prosecuted for the acknowledged robberies at Algrim Consulting, and Advania mines but additionally face break-in and cabal accuse for the BDC attempts. Stefansson additionally faces accuse for artifice from a “low-security” correctional ability in Iceland afterwards actuality arrested afresh in Amsterdam. What’s absorbing about this adventure is the time anatomy of all the heists was during the time back cryptocurrencies ailing at best amount highs. This agency the miners not alone absent equipment, but cogent mining acquirement as well. The ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ added confirms that bitcoin miners charge to accumulate abstracts accessories defended and advance a bound ship. Because a robbery of a few hundred machines will amount a bitcoin mining operation a ton of money.
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