Malaysia suffers RM3.4 billion loss over five years due to bitcoin mining activities
Cryptocurrency miners steal electricity, believing it can't be detected due to the lack of meters on their premises.
Wed Jul 10 2024
Rubber wholesaler fined RM250,000 for bribing MACC officer
Th'ng was charged with offering bribes to an MACC officer as an inducement not to take action against him for electricity theft.
Thu May 19 2022
'Pancing karan' causes RM25 million to RM30 million in non-technical losses a year to SESB
"Pancing karan", a local term for electricity theft by making illegal connections, is not something "unusual" in Sabah.
Wed Jul 28 2021
Police cripple syndicate allegedly stealing electricity
The operation carried out by a police team from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Seremban District Police Headquarters involved seizures worth RM600,000.
Mon Apr 05 2021
Police raid 3 premises suspected of Bitcoin cryptocurrency mining, electricity theft
Preliminary investigations showed that the quantity of electricity consumption at the premises was too high.
Wed Jan 13 2021
Energy Comission, TNB raid two cryptocurrency premises suspected of electricity theft
The Energy Commission (ST) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) raided two cryptocurrency business premises in Taman Pendamar Indah here on suspicion of electricity theft.
Wed Jul 08 2020
Power thefts using fishing rods in Tawau to be investigated
He believed the illegal wiring method was not done by individuals but was done by a syndicate.
Thu Jul 06 2017