Cryptocurrency mine secretly operated inside Mass. school crawlspace

Cryptocurrency mine secretly operated inside Mass. school crawlspace



ISSUED A WARRANT. THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE SECRET CRAWLSPACE IN THE CENTER THE INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY NADEAM NAHAS WAS — HID NEARLY A DOZEN COMPUTERS, RUNNING A CRYPTO MINING OPERATION, SUCKING POWER FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT FACILITIES DIRECTOR AT THE TIME. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE INITIALLY AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY POLICE AND DENIED HAVING ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MIND WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED. FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT CRYPTO THE POLICE THEY WERE ON HIS TWITTER. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, HE THEN BEGAN SWEATING A LOT. HE INDICATED HE DID WANT A LAWYER. CRYPTO MINING INVOLVES RUNNING HIGH-POWERED COMPUTERS, WORKING CONTINUOUSLY TO SOLVE COMPLEX COMPUTER PROBLEMS. TRYING TO VALIDATE CONNECTIONS AND KEEP THEIR TRANSACTIONS SECURE. MINERS ARE REWARDED WITH COIN, POTENTIALLY NETTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. RUNNING A CRYPTO MIND IS NOT ILLEGAL, BUT NADEAM NAHAS DRAINED NEARLY $18,000 IN ELECTRICITY TO DO IT. NADEAM NAHAS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON FRAUDULENT USE OF ELECTRICITY AND VANDALIZING A SCHOOL. HE NOW ALSO FACES THAT WARRANT.

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Cryptocurrency mine secretly operated inside Mass. school crawlspace

After a three-month investigation, police say the mine ran for eight months, racking up $17,492 in electricity.

After a three-month investigation, police say the mine ran for eight months, racking up $17,492 in electricity.

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