Tajikistan Imposes Criminal Penalties for Crypto Miners Using Stolen Power
Tajikistan has criminalized unauthorized cryptocurrency mining that consumes stolen electricity, enacting penalties under Article 253(2) of its Criminal Code and making the measure effective in December 2025. The law prescribes fines of 15.000–75.000 somoni (about $1.600–$9.900) and imprisonment terms of two to ten years, a response to roughly $3.5 million in estimated grid losses tied […]