The LAPD supplied this June 27, 2024, picture exhibiting allegedly stolen bitcoin-mining computer systems.
A Canyon Country man was arrested on Thursday after police say he possessed a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} price of stolen computer systems that had been getting used to mine cryptocurrency.
Bryan Thola, 26, possessed computer systems price $579,000 in a cargo van and a public storage unit, the Los Angeles Police Division stated in a news release. These computer systems had 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 courtroom date info was out there.
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