Chinese Bitcoin miner arrested for stealing electricity from oil well

5:23am PDT - June 14th, 2019    btc - The Next Web

Authorities in China have arrested a man after he reportedly stole electricity from an oil well to mine Bitcoin. The arrest was made after the police received a phone call from Daqing Oilfield, located in Haerken district (Tsitsihar, China) on May 28th. Accor…