"Beat & Release": Bitcoins Illegally Mined in Abandoned Sock Factory, in Çorum

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk website, 9 May 2024)

There were 17 - one got lost in the dryer.

In an operation targeted at an abandoned sock factory (!) in Alaca district 

of Çorum province, a suspect doing Bitcoin mining was taken into custody

and 16 devices used for the mining and valued at 5 million TL (about 

$155,000) were seized. 

Suspect S.A. (29) was using unregistered devices smuggled into Turkey

for Bitcoin mining in the abandoned sock factory in Alaca's Özhan 

neighborhood.  Police conducted technical and physical surveillance of 

S.A.'s activities before raiding the premises.  In addition to seizing the 

16 devices, police discovered that S.A. had hooked up electricity to the 

building illegally, too.  

Modern recycling: socks repurposed as Bitcoins...