According to Odaily Planet Daily, Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir, Deputy Minister of Energy Transformation and Water Transformation of Malaysia, said that illegal cryptocurrency miners in Malaysia stole electricity worth $722 million between 2018 and 2023. The data was announced at an event to handle 2022 seized items, including Bitcoin mining equipment. Akmal Nasrullah explained that miners steal electricity because they believe that premises without electricity meters cannot be detected. However, he stressed that energy supply companies have various methods to detect abnormal energy consumption in an area.