Vague and quite a sensational article. I highly doubt that the sentiment within the government there will change because of this. News outlets like to add a bit of spice to their articles, which usually are poorly translated too.
The only illegal aspect is that this mining operation was running on stolen electricity. If that's actually the case, the authorities should penalize him for exactly that. The purpose of the electricity is not of importance at all.
sensational just because it has a mining farm and bitcoin in it
money laundering on a large scale - with the help of a bitcoin farm worth at best 1 mil USD ( thats if even that)
while at the same time all over the world trillion of dollars are being laundered in fiat money
yet we do not see articles about it unless its hundreds of millions or some unfortunate bastard from a government caught up in it