Kryminform reports this, citing the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the region. From September 20, 2016 to January 31, 2017, two defendants installed the corresponding software on system units and laptops in the premises of the Council of Ministers and were engaged in mining.
Using the Webmoney electronic wallet, they converted the mined bitcoins into Russian rubles. The profit of government officials does not excite the imagination: it amounted to about 15 thousand rubles.
In contrast to the small income that the unfortunate miners received, the loss caused to the department turned out to be much more significant. The defendants spent 11.1 thousand kW of electricity on cryptocurrency mining, which is equivalent to 57 thousand rubles. The damage was fully compensated during the preliminary investigation.
The Kiev District Court of Simferopol closed the criminal case and imposed a court fine on the accused in the amount of 30 thousand rubles each.
We recall that earlier Russian nuclear scientists caught illegally mining within the walls of the Research Institute of Experimental Physics.
According to http://www.c-inform.info
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