As part of a large-scale law enforcement campaign codenamed "Mining," Russian law enforcement agencies disrupted the activities of three underground digital asset mining sites. Coordinated investigative operations identified points where high-tech equipment was being illegally connected to state power grids. During the raids, officers seized specialized equipment and documented instances of unmetered resource consumption at major facilities.

One of the key incidents was recorded by law enforcement in the Maslyaninsky Municipal District of the Novosibirsk Region. According to investigators, a local citizen illegally connected his own computing complex to the power distribution grid to reduce associated costs. During the search, police confiscated 32 specialized mining devices, a storage device containing archived CCTV footage, and an energy meter with clear signs of unauthorized modification. The confiscated meter was immediately handed over to specialized experts for technological analysis and determination of the exact volume of stolen capacity.

A second illegally operating location was discovered by department officials within the Sovietsky District of Novosibirsk. During the preliminary investigation, the possible involvement of a current official in organizing the crypto farm was established. His personal information and area of ​​responsibility are currently being withheld for the sake of the investigation. All accumulated investigative materials and documentary evidence of the official's illegal activity have already been officially submitted to the prosecutor's office for subsequent procedural decisions.

Meanwhile, in the Leninsky District of the regional capital, law enforcement officials successfully located another batch of illegal equipment located in the production facilities of a private commercial company. According to representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the installation and launch of eight computing units was secretly initiated by a high-ranking executive at the company. Supervisory raids also affected the Toguchinsky District, where representatives of energy supply companies, working with police, responded to two reports of sudden power losses. However, no mining equipment was found at the addresses inspected. It's worth noting that this practice of decriminalizing the industry is widespread—a similar illegal farm was previously dismantled by specialists from Rosseti Centre and BryanskElektro in the village of Dubrovka in the Bryansk Region.