CoinVoice has learned that illegal cryptocurrency miners in Malaysia stole $723 million worth of electricity between 2018 and 2023, according to the country’s deputy minister of energy and water.

Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir, Malaysia's deputy minister of energy transformation and water transformation, said 2,022 items (worth about $467,000) were seized in an operation, including bitcoin mining machines and electrical equipment. [Original link]