Russia cracks illegal Bitcoin mining case using trucks and seizes 95 mining devices According to Cointelegraph, law enforcement agencies in the Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation, discovered illegal cryptocurrency mining activities hidden inside a Kamaz truck during routine power line inspections in the Baikal Lake region. The truck obtained power from a 10 kV line and contained 95 mining equipment and a mobile substation, but two suspects fled the scene in an SUV before the police arrived. Buryatia Energy, a subsidiary of Siberian Electric Power Company in Russia, stated that there have been six cases of electricity theft related to cryptocurrency mining since the beginning of this year.