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The crime discovered in the town of Lozen is the second of its kind in just one week.
CEZ Distribution Bulgaria has revealed another theft of electricity from a cryptocurrency farm. The abuse was discovered on the morning of December 19. Company and police teams have carried out inspections for theft of electricity in the village of Lozen, municipality of Sofia, due to consumption anomalies established in the area, according to CEZ.
During the inspections, an illegal connection to CEZ Distribución’s electrical distribution network was found, through which a house was supplied with service suspended due to non-payment of electricity bills. According to initial calculations, daily electricity consumption is roughly equal to the consumption of 30 households per day. A search of the house turned up computer setups used to dig up cryptocurrencies.
“It no longer matters how big the theft is to discover that there are consumption anomalies. Modern technologies, daily analysis and data on the difference between supplied and consumed electricity allow us to detect violators very quickly, be it a common household or large companies. We encounter thefts of all kinds every day and are already particularly active on weekends, “said Filip Yordanov, Director of Non-Technical Losses at CEZ Distribution Bulgaria.
To establish the illegal consumption of electricity, CEZ Distribution works in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior. The company continues its active work to prevent the theft of electricity throughout the territory that the company serves, since specific and comprehensive activities in this direction, new technologies and increasingly popular actions of the company make the fight against violations are very effective. Since the beginning of the year, 4,550 thefts of electrical energy have been detected. Approximately 650 are violations of commercial consumers and approximately 3,900 of domestic clients.
We remind you that just a week ago CEZ revealed the largest electricity theft in its history. About the robbery He arrested Tsvetan Momchev, 30, who ran a cryptocurrency farm..
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