The LAPD supplied this June 27, 2024, picture displaying allegedly stolen bitcoin-mining computer systems.
A Canyon Country man was arrested on Thursday after police say he possessed a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} price of stolen computer systems that have 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 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 courtroom date data was accessible.
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