Police Arrest

[rathaha10]

Information reaching out by a local news outlet RNS, state that a former chief of Russia post local branch has been arrested by the Russia police on suspicion of running a crypto mining farm inside the office for almost six months. During the period of his mining the federal service of Starvropol territory has spent about 30,000 Russia rubles.
Link to source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-police-arrest-former-post-office-branch-chief-for-mining-crypto-at-work.

If you're to be the judge, how will you handle this issue of abuse of power?

I no just little about law through watching movies and being a witness to court cases but I'm sure that this is a multiple crime on different level because crypto mining is being guided heavily by regulations in every country, so the chief running it secretly in official office means he didn't get any legal approval which a criminal case already... The fact that he's running it in an office make more of a crime because mining rigs are to in industrial settings where not much people come around

[Mpamaegbu]

That's absolutely not correct, such a high profile individual to condescend so low and not be able to use his resident for mining cryptocurrency. He has the funds to install these equipment in his personal resident but choose to use the government properties for his gain. Russia government are likely to get him jail for using the government facility for his gain. Also, this can be seen as a power drunk government worker who won't consider the poor masses but only for himself and families. 

I ain't sure his act was condescending. I bet he knew the consequences of his action before indulging it. Why steal government time, space and resources to run your own business? Perhaps he thought he was in a lawless continent like Africa where people who are paid salaries from government revenue think they can lord it over others by doing whatever they want while in office and get away with it. He should do the time since he did the crime. Russia is a country with strict policies on obedience to rules.

[supine]

Back in 2016 when I was working in a small call center company my boss seem's to be interested in crypto and they knew that I was earning on Bitcoin,
There was a rumor about my boss wanted to hire me to set up the mining rigs and watch over it but the company owner doesn't know about it.
Luckily it didn't really happen I would surely be just like this guy if it ever become real.

[harryCain]

The former branch chief is suspected of illegally installing and mining cryptocurrencies with “professional hardware” using the company power grid for nearly six months, according to a report published by a local news outlet RNS

[Mumbeeptind1963]

The former branch chief is suspected of illegally installing and mining cryptocurrencies with “professional hardware” using the company power grid for nearly six months, according to a report published by a local news outlet RNS

I thought that the bitcoin is legal already in Russia? What is the issue about using professional hardware if the bitcoin and crypto currencies are already legal from their country? I couldn't get the point?

[peterpanda]

People are joining with crypto currency in huge amount but in some country, government are not accepting it as legal and for this reason, police are arresting people who are involve with crypto currency.

[Upgate]

I keep wondering, why is it that when someone is given the opportunity to head an office or firm, he will try to use it as an advantage to his own favor to steal or go against the company policies.
He deserve to be punished. Human beings with greed everywhere

[GideonGono]

What the heck is this guy even thinking?
Why would you even try to mine crypto on your work place?
I don't know if this guy is alright or if he is just too greedy to even do it,
But he could just set it up on his own place why would you even use your work place to do it,
Just thinking about risking my own job to earn extra is scaring me a little .

[pixie85]

The former branch chief is suspected of illegally installing and mining cryptocurrencies with “professional hardware” using the company power grid for nearly six months, according to a report published by a local news outlet RNS

I thought that the bitcoin is legal already in Russia? What is the issue about using professional hardware if the bitcoin and crypto currencies are already legal from their country? I couldn't get the point?

And what has legality to do with stealing power?

You can have a legal tesla car and charge it by hooking up to your neighbor's power meter. In will not be legal and you will pay a fine if they catch you.

Mining is legal. Mining at work without having a permit for it is illegal. Stealing power is illegal. Also this was a fire risk.

[Zemomtum]

Why indulging in something that will end in a mess? Now cheating on Goverment is a punishable offence which he must face squarely.

[CaVO32]

Why indulging in something that will end in a mess? Now cheating on Goverment is a punishable offence which he must face squarely.

The former branch chief is suspected of illegally installing and mining cryptocurrencies with “professional hardware” using the company power grid for nearly six months, according to a report published by a local news outlet RNS

I thought that the bitcoin is legal already in Russia? What is the issue about using professional hardware if the bitcoin and crypto currencies are already legal from their country? I couldn't get the point?

And what has legality to do with stealing power?

You can have a legal tesla car and charge it by hooking up to your neighbor's power meter. In will not be legal and you will pay a fine if they catch you.

Mining is legal. Mining at work without having a permit for it is illegal. Stealing power is illegal. Also this was a fire risk.

That's the issue here, that individual was using government's energy resources for his own benefit. That's where he made a mistake. And I am guessing he is not the only one using company resources for their own agenda. Definitely, there are still individuals out there who are not yet caught by their illegal activities. There should be punishment on this even if he is a high ranking official. But sometimes, when the smoke clears up, they will just negotiate under the table, when media is already out of the preying eyes. Are they going to show to the public what will be the verdict on his case?

[Rafiqul]

If you work in an office, you have to follow the rules and regulations of that organization and you have to follow the rules and regulations of the state. No one is above the law. The person concerned has been running a crypto mining farm inside the office for about six months without heeding the law and has committed a crime under the law of that country, so he has to suffer the punishment he deserves, there is nothing to say here.

[AjithBtc]

Power abuse is quite common in my country. Here we've got free electricity for agricultural purposes. Most of the mining farms were running on free electricity, and these farms were also owned by the politicians. As in the OP more number of similar issues have happened around. Government offices have got high power systems, and that's the reason for more such usage on mining.

If I'm provided with the chance of judging I'll just calculate the average power consumption before the usage on mining and the after value. According to that I'll make an average calculation and give penalty.

[coinfinger]

Who here is abusing power, you mean those that arrested or the person that was mining bitcoin in his office? First of all, assume that you own a business and you discover that one of your staff is doing something else that they are not meant to be doing in the office, what would he your reaction? For sure you’re not going to be happy about that.

There is nothing wrong with mining Bitcoin, although it’s illegal in some countries (I don’t know about Russia) but I don’t think that mining Bitcoin is something you should be doing in an office that doesn’t belong to you. If you want to mine Bitcoin, wouldn’t it be best that you set up your own place where you will mine Bitcoin without having to bother about anyone interfering with your business?

[Shasha80]

Using the facilities where we work for personal gain is unforgivable, this is tantamount to corruption. Moreover, abuse of power
often happens, running a crypto mining farm will certainly make electricity bills soar. What is this person thinking by doing that
in the office, of course sooner or later someone will find out. Of course, if I am a judge, I will send a sentence of 2 years in prison
and oblige to pay a fine for office losses for 6 months running a crypto mining farm. Especially reimbursement of electricity bills.

[malekbaba]

it doesn't matter how much power/energy he consumed, he did a crime. Unexpected act from a high profile. May be he should  pay the electricity bill with 300 to 500% extra as a fine. It is illegal to use people's asset for personal benefit. Who knows may be There are other miners there who are doing the same. May be he operated multiple mining operation in other places too. Mining is not illegal but if you steal others electricity to mine, that is certainly a crime as you dont pay the electricity bill. People does not care about their positions, dignity. only approx $500 raped him hard. Sad

[Reatim]

Using the facilities where we work for personal gain is unforgivable, this is tantamount to corruption. Moreover, abuse of power
often happens, running a crypto mining farm will certainly make electricity bills soar. What is this person thinking by doing that
in the office, of course sooner or later someone will find out. Of course, if I am a judge, I will send a sentence of 2 years in prison
and oblige to pay a fine for office losses for 6 months running a crypto mining farm. Especially reimbursement of electricity bills.

Your verdict is considerable, this person needs to learned his lesson this way so no one will repeat the same thing, it will serves as example
for those people who are doing the same and for those who are planning to it as well.
It's not hard to know about what his doing, the power consumptions from his company will rise automatically, no secret about that with mining
facilities. He will now regret this wrong deed but it's already late he needs to face whatever verdicts he will get from the judges.

[Yatsan]

I'm no judge, and I know little to nothing about law, but if you run a crypto mining farm inside the office even if you shouldn't, and especially knowing that it isn't even related to your job, that's easily theft of government resources. Assuming everything goes fairly, chances are, that former chielf of Russia is probably going to do some jail time.

Exactly and we are sharing the same thought. When you already know that you must not be running a crypto mining farm but still you did, it takes no judge nor attorney to defend and decide what would be your fate since in an obvious manner you know by yourself that you abide the law by doing such actions that you supposedly not be doing inside work that is not related into your job for it is being abusive and making use of the resources provided by the office your are working with.

This will surely result of getting into jail even if the trial to hear out the defense is not yet being held. If the justice would be fair to everyone, indeed the former chief of Russia will be put behind bars for doing an action he know he must not be doing inside work's vicinity and at time of work that is clearly abiding the law. People must learn that no matter what your position is, justice must remain fair to everyone so the former chief must face the consequences of his act for what he have done is a clear abuse of power.

[Lizzie_Girl]

If he was using resources meant for other things that is bad. If he was using resources just there being wasted then I don't see the problem though its probably better to not run these kinds of programs on such important computers. I mean someone could gain backdoor entry. If they can run mining software what else can they run?

I don't want to ever be a judge. Putting people in jail is sick. I wouldn't know what to do. Fire them? Make them pay a fine? Will it even help? Putting them in jail is stupid. They not violent.