Angolan Police Arrest 8 in Raid on Chinese-run Bitcoin Mining Operation

Angolan authorities in Kwanza Norte Province seized dozens of servers used by a Chinese expatriate group to mine bitcoin. Image via TPA News.

Eight Chinese nationals were arrested and servers and other equipment were seized by Angolan authorities during a raid on a Chinese-led illegal bitcoin mining operation hidden in a brick factory in Kwanza Norte Province. (AFRICAN OVERSEAS CHINESE NEWS – in Chinese)

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