KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — The government viewed electricity theft through illegal bitcoin mining activities seriously as it recorded a 400 per cent increase over the past four years, with an estimated loss of more than RM2.3 billion, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 — New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he will convert his first paycheck into Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 23 — Selangor police busted a syndicate stealing and modifying electricity supply to carry out bitcoin mining activities around the state, which resulted in the biggest seizure of bitcoin set up worth RM1.282 million.

SERDANG, April 19 — The police and Tenaga Nasional Berhad busted a group that had been stealing electricity supply to conduct bitcoin mining activities in a raid on six premises in Seri Kembangan and Bandar Kinrara here, on April 8 and 17.

MELAKA, March 26 — Melaka police are hunting for a man believed to be the main culprit behind a bitcoin currency mining syndicate in the state, causing Tenaga Nasional Berhad to suffer losses of about RM9 million since February 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Police have foiled a bitcoin mining syndicate in Rawang with the arrest of six local men, believed to be syndicate members, in raids at three premises from March 9 to 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — The police have busted four investment fraud syndicates using social media involving bitcoin following the arrest of 21 people in a series of operations in five states in February and early March.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Two men from the Ayoi Gombak Gang, suspected of being involved in almost 300 jewellery snatch theft cases since early 2018, were arrested in a raid in Gombak here in January 26.

LONDON, Feb 11 — Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology.

MOSCOW, Feb 9 — The price of the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, for the third time in several hours broke a historical record to reach a new all-time high above US$47,000, reported Sputnik news agency based on trading data.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 27 — Six locals and a China national believed to be involved in a bitcoin investment scam have been arrested in a raid in Taman Abad here.

PORT KLANG, July 8 — The Energy Commission (ST) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) raided two cryptocurrency business premises in Taman Pendamar Indah here on suspicion of electricity theft.