Odaily Planet Daily News Malaysian authorities destroyed 985 Bitcoin mining machines on Monday as part of a nationwide crackdown on electricity theft. Circulating videos showed a heavy steamroller rolling over the equipment to crush it, and the operation destroyed about $450,000 worth of mining machines. This is not the first time Malaysian authorities have taken this action. As early as 2021, about 1,069 Bitcoin miners were crushed by a steamroller for suspected electricity theft. In that case, six people were arrested, fined, and sentenced to up to eight months in prison. (Decrypt)