In Omsk, participants of the scheme with mining near CHPP-4 asked for up to 8 years in prison

In Omsk ended the debate of the parties in the criminal case of illegal mining of cryptocurrency and theft of electricity. The state prosecutor proposed to appoint the four defendants real terms of imprisonment and multimillion-dollar fines.

According to the investigation, from February 2022 to April 2024, residents of the Omsk region organized the production of digital currency, using electricity to bypass the established order. For the operation of the equipment, they involved the head of the electric shop of one of the divisions of TGC-4 JSC TGC-11.

According to law enforcement agencies, for a fee of 525,000 rubles, an employee of the enterprise provided connection of mining equipment to the power grid, uninterrupted power supply, organization of repair of lines in case of malfunctions, and also contributed to the concealment of illegal activities.

According to the Prosecutor’s office of the Omsk region, as a result of the illegal consumption of electricity, the resource supply company suffered damage in the amount of more than 12.3 million rubles. To ensure possible recovery, the court earlier seized the property of the accused with a total value of more than 13 million rubles.

One of the members of the group previously concluded a pre-trial cooperation agreement. The court sentenced him to 3 years and 1 month of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years and 6 months.

During the debate, the public prosecutor asked the court to appoint the remaining defendants a sentence of imprisonment for terms from 6 to 8 years in a general regime colony. In addition, the prosecutor proposed to recover from the accused fines in the amount of 5.2 million to 10.5 million rubles each.

Also, the Prosecutor’s office supported the claim of JSC TGC-11 to recover from the defendants in solidarity more than 12.3 million rubles as compensation for damages.

The verdict will be announced at the next court hearing.