Nine Malaysians arrested over theft of bitcoin machines

By Farik Zolkepli Police in Malaysia have busted a gang specialising in stealing Bitcoin mining machines after they tried to sell the half million ringgit (US$127,410) equipment via online shopping sites. Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Megat Mohammad Aminudin Megat Alias said the nine suspects were arrested at about 10pm on February 23rd. “We were acting on information obtained when the suspects at­­tempt­­ed to sell the equipment via Mudah.my and Facebook. “We…