As per the Malaysian paper The Star, eight people in Malaysia were accused of stealing electricity to power a massive bitcoin mining operation involving 1,069 PCs. Recently, Malaysia has started cracking down on countrywide electricity theft used for illegal bitcoin mining operations. The PCs were seized during six raids by Malaysian authorities and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB). Police arranged a steamroller to run over 1,069 Bitcoin (BTC) miners.