In China, bitcoin mining is not prohibited. But, the story is different if you do it in violation of regulations, as happened in Hunan, China recently.

Police in Hunan Province, China, recently discovered a Bitcoin mining case, worth Rp196 billion. The police got a clue, initially at the end of 2018, a number of internet cafe operators claimed to have been tricked into illegal crypto mining.

"The police are investigating and analyzing illegal program data that is embedded in computers in internet cafes. The police arrested the criminal suspect surnamed Zhang, who runs an internet technology company in Zhengzhou City. The police said, Zhang bribed network technicians to embed illegal programs on the computer in the cafe, "Tempo wrote, citing a report from China Central Television.

Then Zhang controlled the computer remotely, so he could mine Bitcoin and a number of other crypto. From June 2017 to July 2019, Zhang "recruited" more than 9,000 network technicians nationwide to work for him.

The police cracked down on the internet company, arrested 15 suspects, and confiscated a computer, telephone, card and cash worth 20 million yuan (US $ 2.8 million). Criminal suspect Zhang and three others were arrested on July 8, 2019.

Until now, this big snap case is being handled by the justice department. [Tempo / red]