According to a local report, 2 men inward the metropolis of Valencia, working capital missive of the alphabet of the province of Carabobo, Venezuela were arrested past times the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, the primary intelligence way inward Venezuela. The arrests were made few days ago, for mining bitcoin.
Earlier this calendar week on Monday, an article was published on a state-owned media outlet inward Venezuela, i which summed upward bitcoin every bit a currency used past times criminals in addition to terrorist groups. The article was published past times Corporación Venezolana de Televisión or VTV, a populace network in addition to state-owned broadcaster direct nether the purview of the direction of the ministry building of Popular Power for Communication in addition to Information, inward Venezuela.
The bottom line according to the article – bitcoin is a currency for cybercriminals in addition to that terrorists in addition to criminals were the “main advocates” of the cryptocurrency.
In what confirms the increasingly hardline opinion past times the Venezuelan authorities in addition to authorities against Bitcoin in addition to crypto and virtual currencies that set a threat to fiat money, a written report has surfaced that 2 Venezuelan men were arrested this calendar week for mining bitcoin.
A written report by Notitarde, a publication based out of Valencia, Venezuela in addition to a daily paper inward the province has revealed that Augusto Padrón Celis (31) in addition to Jose Eleazar Perales Gonzalez (46) were arrested past times a grouping of troops from the Bolivarian Intelligence Service inward an industrial zone inward Valencia, where they were mining bitcoin. With the arrests, authorities likewise seized mining machines every bit good every bit iv laptops.
The arrests were made inward the province of Carabobo which sees its working capital missive of the alphabet metropolis of Valencia every bit the 3rd largest metropolis inward Venezuela in addition to domicile to the country’s industries in addition to manufacturing companies.
Details are currently scarce. CCN has reached out to the Bolivarian Intelligence Service [Caution: Unsafe certificate] for comment in addition to volition update this flush when or if nosotros require heed more. Disclaimer: Content from Notitarde is taken every bit an unofficial translation.
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