The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two senior staff members of the Patterson Joint Unified School District for allegeoperating a crypto mining operation on the premises of the district's ten schools, utilizing school resources and running up the electricity costs.

美国司法部 (DoJ) 指控帕特森联合联合学区的两名高级工作人员涉嫌在该学区的 10 所学校进行加密货币挖矿作业，利用学校资源并增加电费。

In a recent statement, the DoJ claimed that Jeffrey Menge, assistant superintendent, and chief business officer of Patterson Joint Unified School District, along with Eric Drabert, IT director for the school district, worked together to operate a crypto mining farm and transferred all the crypto into their own crypto wallets thereafter.

美国司法部在最近的一份声明中声称，帕特森联合联合学区助理总监兼首席商务官杰弗里·门格 (Jeffrey Menge) 与学区 IT 总监埃里克·德拉伯特 (Eric Drabert) 合作运营了一个加密货币矿场，并将所有此后将加密货币存入他们自己的加密钱包中。

“They purchased high-end graphics cards and used those cards, together with other school district property and electricity, to operate a cryptocurrency mining” farm at the school district.”

“他们购买了高端显卡，并使用这些卡与其他学区的财产和电力一起，在学区经营一个加密货币采矿“农场。”

However, the statement did not provide clarity on how many schools were utilized in the district for the crypto mining operation, which comprises 10 schools serving about 6,200 students. Additionally, the type of crypto mined was not disclosed.

然而，该声明并未明确说明该地区有多少所学校进行加密货币挖矿作业，其中包括 10 所学校，为约 6,200 名学生提供服务。此外，开采的加密货币类型并未披露。

Some of the most commonly mined cryptos include Bitcoin (BTC), Monero (XMR), Ravencoin (RVN), and Dogecoin (DOGE).

一些最常开采的加密货币包括比特币 (BTC)、门罗币 (XMR)、渡鸦币 (RVN) 和狗狗币 (DOGE)。

According to recent data from CoinGecko, mining a single Bitcoin as a solo miner requires about 266,000 kilowatt-hours. This would take approximately seven years, requiring a monthly electricity consumption of 143 kWh.

根据 CoinGecko 的最新数据，作为独立矿工开采单个比特币大约需要 266,000 千瓦时。这大约需要七年时间，每月需要消耗 143 千瓦时的电力。

Along with other alleged fraudulent activity, the DoJ alleged that Menge embezzled a total between $1 million and $1.5 million and Drabert stole between $250,000 and $300,000 during the scheme.

除其他涉嫌欺诈活动外，美国司法部还指控门格在该计划中挪用了总计 100 万至 150 万美元的资金，德拉伯特则窃取了 25 万至 30 万美元的资金。

This comes after the United States energy regulator's recent crackdown on crypto miners as part of an initiative to decrease energy waste in the nation.

此前，美国能源监管机构最近对加密货币矿工进行了打击，作为减少该国能源浪费举措的一部分。

On Feb. 1, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) declared that crypto miners must report their energy consumption for the upcoming six months. This move follows concerns about the recent surge in Bitcoin prices, leading to an influx of crypto mining activities.

2 月 1 日，美国能源部 (DOE) 宣布加密货币矿工必须报告未来六个月的能源消耗情况。此举是出于对近期比特币价格飙升的担忧，导致加密货币挖矿活动大量涌入。

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Just a day before this, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it will be releasing a survey to gauge the electricity usage of local crypto mining companies starting next week, with miners “required to respond with details related to their energy use.”

就在此前一天，美国能源信息署（EIA）表示，将从下周开始发布一项调查，以衡量当地加密货币挖矿公司的用电量，矿工“需要提供与其能源使用相关的详细信息”。

This is not just a concern within the U.S, regulators worldwide are making efforts to control excessive electricity consumption.

这不仅仅是美国国内的一个问题，世界各地的监管机构都在努力控制过度的电力消耗。

In December 2023, Cointelegraph reported that Indonesian police authorities closed down 10 Bitcoin mining operations, accusing the organizers of electricity theft amounting to nearly $1 million.

2023 年 12 月，Cointelegraph 报道称，印度尼西亚警察当局关闭了 10 个比特币挖矿业务，指控组织者窃电金额近 100 万美元。

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