A little bit over a yr in the past, a wierd set-up was present in a distant space of a center/highschool in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Whereas doing a routine inspection, the city’s services director got here throughout “electrical wires, momentary duct work, and quite a few computer systems that appeared misplaced” in a part of the varsity’s crawl area, in line with AP Information.

Seems it was a crypto mining rig illegally utilizing the varsity (and its electrical energy) as its headquarters — and the individual accused of operating the illicit operation is the city’s assistant to the services director who was doing the inspection.

From AP:

Police responded to Cohasset Center/Excessive College in December 2021 after the city’s services director discovered electrical wires, momentary duct work, and quite a few computer systems that appeared misplaced whereas conducting a routine inspection of the varsity, Chief William Quigley of the Cohasset Police Division stated in a press release Wednesday.

He contacted the city’s IT director, who decided that it was a cryptocurrency mining operation unlawfully hooked as much as the varsity’s electrical system, Quigley stated.

The Coast Guard Investigative Service and the Division of Homeland Safety assisted with safely eradicating and inspecting the gear. …

[Nadeam] Nahas, the city’s assistant services director, was recognized as a suspect after a three-month investigation. After a show-cause listening to, a legal grievance was issued. Nahas subsequently resigned from his job with the city in early 2022, police stated.

The 39-year-old former city assistant was purported to be arraigned right this moment on costs of “fraudulent use of electrical energy and vandalizing a college,” however by no means confirmed up, in line with AP.