ChainCatcher reported that according to Bernama on Saturday, three local residents and four foreigners were arrested and detained separately last week for allegedly stealing electricity to power a bitcoin mining business.

According to the report, Sepang District Police Chief ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said that these people had no previous criminal records and the authorities aimed to "detect illegal bitcoin mining activities involving electricity theft."

Local police added that they seized 52 bitcoin mining equipment and other electronic devices with a total value estimated at 250,000 Malaysian ringgit (RM), equivalent to US$57,000.