{"id":129438,"date":"2025-05-17T03:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129438"},"modified":"2025-05-17T03:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:15:55","slug":"paraguay-deports-three-undocumented-immigrants-after-crypto-mining-theft-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129438","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay deports three undocumented immigrants after crypto mining theft attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsParaguayan law enforcement has deported three individuals and arrested another for attempting to steal crypto miners at a facility near the country\u2019s Itaipu hydroelectric dam.<br \/>\nAccording to a May 15 statement from Paraguayan prosecutor Irene Rol\u00f3n, the men were caught by police soon after breaking into a locked section of Teratech SA\u2019s facility in Coronel Bogado, leading to their arrest.<br \/>\nProsecutors believe the men may have had ties to Teratech as independent contractors, but are still waiting on official confirmation from the company\u2019s CEO.<br \/>\nThe three deported were Chinese nationals Jinping Duan, Tian Jianyun and Zheng Guanglong, who did not have official entry records into the country. Paraguayan authorities and Interpol believe the men illegally entered through Brazil or Bolivia.<br \/>\nThe three deported Chinese nationals pictured before leaving the country. Source: PDS Radio Y TV DigitalThe other person arrested, Nahun Mar\u00eda Vel\u00e1zquez Garcete, is a legal resident in Paraguay but is believed to be part of a criminal organization.<br \/>\nHe has been charged with aggravated theft and is currently in pretrial detention.<br \/>\nThe arrested individual was hospitalized in critical condition soon after the arrest, but the injuries sustained weren\u2019t disclosed.<br \/>\nParaguayan officials believe other individuals were involved in the attempted theft and are working to identify those people. As such, the case is still under investigation.<br \/>\nDeportees may have been working illegally for months<br \/>\nRol\u00f3n believes the undocumented immigrants had been in Paraguay for several months and had come to work as programmers. However, it isn\u2019t clear whether that work was performed for the company.<br \/>\nParaguayan officials are waiting on a report from Teratech\u2019s CEO to determine the exact nature of his relationship with the three men.<br \/>\nRelated: Bitcoin miner Hive taps Paraguay for low-cost energy partnership<br \/>\nParaguay is considered well-suited for crypto mining operations due to its abundant renewable energy resources, much of which is underutilized.<br \/>\nThe Itaipu dam has become a popular site for miners to set up, as it supplies all of Paraguay\u2019s local electricity needs and leaves a large amount of excess electricity to tap into.<br \/>\nMagazine: Korea to lift corporate crypto ban, beware crypto mining HDs: Asia Express<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/paraguay-deports-three-illegal-immigrants-after-crypto-mining-theft-attempt?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsParaguayan law enforcement has deported three individuals and arrested another for attempting to steal crypto miners at a facility near the country\u2019s Itaipu hydroelectric dam. According to a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}