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The Changhua District Court on Tuesday ordered a man to pay NT$1,654,308 (US$55,547) to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) for using private electricity lines to power his cryptocurrency mining operation without paying energy bills.
The ruling can be appealed.
A Taipower inspector and police officers from the county’s Lukang Precinct in January last year found that the man, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had 20 cryptocurrency mining machines attached to two private power lines that were not connected to an electric meter.
Taipower filed civil and criminal lawsuits against Cheng, saying he should be held responsible for his actions, which the company described as theft.
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