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Police: Crypto mining operation found in school crawl space

February 23, 2023 GMT

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) -- A former employee of a Massachusetts town is
facing charges of allegedly setting up a secret cryptocurrency mining
operation in a remote crawl space at a school, police said.

Nadeam Nahas, 39, was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges
of fraudulent use of electricity and vandalizing a school, but he did
not show up and a judge issued a default warrant after rejecting a
defense motion to reschedule, a spokesperson for the Norfolk district
attorney's office said.

A listed number for Nahas was not accepting messages on Thursday.

Police responded to Cohasset Middle/High School in December 2021
after the town's facilities director found electrical wires,
temporary duct work, and numerous computers that seemed out of place
while conducting a routine inspection of the school, Chief William
Quigley of the Cohasset Police Department said in a statement
Wednesday.

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He contacted the town's IT director, who determined that it was a
cryptocurrency mining operation unlawfully hooked up to the school's
electrical system, Quigley said.

The Coast Guard Investigative Service and the Department of Homeland
Security assisted with safely removing and examining the equipment.

Crypto mining, the process of validating cryptocurrency transactions
and creating new cryptocurrency, consumes vast amounts of
electricity.

Nahas, the town's assistant facilities director, was identified as a
suspect after a three-month investigation. After a show-cause
hearing, a criminal complaint was issued. Nahas subsequently resigned
from his job with the town in early 2022, police said.

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