Firefighters were known as to handle a blaze in Phuket Town exacerbated by faulty wiring. The cause was believed to be unlawful crypto-mining. Surprisingly, the fire happened on the third floor of a constructing near the Thailand Post branch on Bangkok Road. It reportedly started around 6am yesterday and was swiftly extinguished by the responding firefighters. Fortunately, no casualties had been reported because of the hearth.
However, upon later inspection of the fire site, authorities uncovered a extensive range of computer equipment, reduced to wreckage by the flames. Observably, the nature of the gear bore striking resemblances to ones recovered earlier from unlawful crypto-mining operations around the nation. The scene additionally housed heaps of spare computer accessories, including graphic playing cards.
Interestingly, legislation enforcement authorities remained silent about any investigations into the blaze and the alleged illegitimate crypto-mining activity within the building.
Intriguingly, an identical illegal cryptocurrency mining operation in Samut Prakan tangling with electrical energy theft, made an astounding 500 million baht (US$14 million) vanish each month.
Last December, the Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin, unravelled a massive clandestine operation which had accrued around three,500 mining devices, suspected of being smuggled from China, from 41 rented buildings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi. Allegedly, Exclusive have been covertly linked to out of doors power strains, draining an estimated 500 million baht price of electrical energy from the state grid over the previous two years..