The LAPD supplied this June 27, 2024, picture displaying allegedly stolen bitcoin-mining computer systems.
A Canyon Nation man was arrested on Thursday after police say he possessed tons of of hundreds of {dollars} value of stolen computer systems that have been getting used to mine cryptocurrency.
Bryan Thola, 26, possessed computer systems value $579,000 in a cargo van and a public storage unit, the Los Angeles Police Division stated in a information launch. These computer systems have been used for mining bitcoin, police added.
Thola faces a cost of receiving stolen property. Police stated he was booked into the Van Nuys Jail, although jail information point out he was launched on his personal recognizance.
No court docket date info was accessible.
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