Brazilian gang raid reveals a new crypto-crime model: turning stolen power into digital money

Rio de Janeiro Civil Police launched an operation targeting a Comando Vermelho operational nucleus and found a crypto mining setup with roughly 30 computers arranged on shelves in a room on an apparently abandoned lot. The farm drew power from a clandestine electrical connection running directly from a utility pole. The machines carried high-capacity fans […] The post Brazilian gang raid reveals a new crypto-crime model: turning stolen power into digital money appeared first on CryptoSlate.