450 Bitcoin mining machines seized by justice mysteriously disappear in the former mayor's house

The property belongs to the former mayor of the city of Villa Elisa, Albino González, a well-known political leader of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA).

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The Public Prosecutor's Office and employees of the National Electricity Administration (Ande) recently carried out an intervention on a property in the Central department of Paraguay, where they discovered an illegal Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation.#btc

The property belongs to the former mayor of the city of Villa Elisa, Albino González, a well-known political leader of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA).

In March, during the operation, 461 ASICs were found in a warehouse located on the route that connects the localities of Guarambaré and Villeta. However, in a surprising turnaround, the seized machines disappeared from the scene before the enforcement of the seizure procedure by the inspectors on Tuesday. The machines were in the custody of the owners, who decided to remove them from the property.

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González, who was present during the search procedure, accompanied by his lawyer, defended himself by stating that he rented the place to a Paraguayan with the surname Acevedo and two Germans in January, claiming ignorance of the illegal activities that occurred later.

"This whore situation is in the hands of my lawyer, and the documentation is already in the Fiscalia. I rented the place to work as a dry port, but what happened later is beyond my control," he said.

The prosecutor assigned to the case, Olga González, and her team were surprised to discover that more than 450 mining machines had mysteriously disappeared from the warehouse.

During a previous inspection, carried out a few months ago, tax agent Viviana Llano had sealed the shed, leaving the mining machines inside. Now, the whereabouts of this equipment is unknown.