Since the beginning of the year, 26 illegal electricity mining farms have been discovered in Uzbekistan, which caused damage to the state amounting to 58.2 billion som ($4.7 million), the Prosecutor General’s Office reported. Based on these facts, criminal cases of have been initiated against 29 persons under Article 169 of the Criminal Code. They face between 8 to 15 years in prison.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, as a result of the theft, 29 million kWh of electricity has been stolen, which is equivalent to the monthly consumption of 145,000 households.
