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The Iceland authorities have sent an inquiry to China regarding 600 mining rigs that were stolen from the country earlier this year.

The story behind the Icelandic “Big BitcoinHeist” has begun to resemble nothing less than a blockbuster script.

A $60,000 bounty, promised by the owner of the stolen equipment for information about the miners location, remained unpaid, but local police finally got a hint, after being contacted by the Chinese news agency.

At the end of April, north China's Tianjin Police confiscated the same amount of Bitcoin mining computers after the local power grid detected an abnormal level of electricity consumption. According to Chinese media, that could be the "largest power theft case in recent years".

Police in Chinese City Seize 600 Bitcoin Mining Computers

As reported earlier, the main suspect linked to the theft is waiting to be extradited to Iceland from the Netherlands, where he was arrested after escaping from low-security prison and fleeing to Sweden with a fake ID.

Iceland's Bitcoin Heist Suspect Flees to Sweden on PM's Plane

By Nadya Astam

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