Venezuela police raid Bitcoin mining warehouse.

[Jet Cash]

 On Tuesday, December 13, officers from the Lara State Police Force raided a warehouse in Barquisimeto with 21 cryptocurrency mining machines.

According to information published by the journalist Marlyn Silva in El Impulso , each machine is valued at $ 7,000 and presumably belong to the lawyer Daniel Andrés Di Bartolomeo Viloria, who left the country before the execution of the procedure.

The director of security and public order Lara, Kleider Ferreiro, reported that the crimes committed in this case are "money laundering, illicit enrichment, cybercrime, financing of terrorism, exchange fraud and damage to the national electricity system."

"These types of changes, which are illicit exchange rates, take the bolivars, convert them into virtual currency and that virtual currency is exchanged for dollars or for any other currency. In this way, exchange controls, the financial system, and controls against the legitimization of capital violate, constituting the crime of legitimizing capital and financing terrorism, "he said.

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[mrcash02]

Some time ago a similar situation already happened. People are taking advantage from the fake cheap electricity they have in Venezuela and the government doesn't like it. Instead of kicking Maduro's fat ass people prefer to find alternative solutions to make wealthy that always end like that. Control over the citizens is what keeps the dictator Maduro ruling the chaos and giving confort and advantages to his court of drugs-dealers, terrorists and minor thieves.

There were too many protests and movements against Maduro, but seems now they decreased in numbers and strength... Third world countries blame USA for everything, but I think they should inspire themselves more in USA to have success on their own battles in their countries.

[chukaday]

That is sad news sad that people can't mine in their own country without being prosecuted. You know too that the biggest problem isn't cryptos it is a distraction tactic from whatever other turmoil is ongoing in their country and again that is sad as all hell. Fix your problems first don't get upset about cryptos being the root of all your evil.

[soham]

Despite being an oil rich country, Venezuela's economy has completely destroyed by the useless policies framed by their government. This raid is the result of such policy. Their government just want to capture the entire power all by themselves and leave a little to its countrymen. Their economy will be rotten further. The charges they have imposed on the mining farm is baseless. If it was tax evasion or something in that line, that was still understandable.