Malaysian authorities have apprehended five men charged with stealing 85 bitcoin machines.
The police captured the men in a police raid on November 2.
The Sun Daily reports that four men and one woman rented a building in Seremban, Malaysia adjacent to a warehouse storing the bitcoin machines.
The five drilled through the concrete wall connecting the two buildings.
All the suspects were friends without past criminal records, The Sun writes.
Worth $10,300 each, the machines were most likely bitcoin mining rigs, although local police did not specify.
"On Oct 29, a shopkeeper lodged a police report following the missing of 85 bitcoin machines," said Seremban police chief Supt Mohd Said Ibrahim in a press conference.
"Subsequently, police conducted raids and arrested suspects, aged between 25 and 46 years."
The raids occurred last Saturday night between midnight and five AM local time.
Authorities confiscated a car, a four-wheeled vehicle, and heavy equipment believed to be used for drilling through the concrete, the Sun added.
Malaysian Thieves Drill Through Wall to Steal 85 Crypto Machines
gepubliceerd op Nov 7, 2019
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