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CASE 301  |  Factory Owner  |  May 20, 2022  |  Malaysia
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  301
  date                May 20, 2022
  original_date       may 20, 2022
  year                2022
  month               5
  quarter             2022-Q2
  victim              Factory Owner
  location            Klang, Malaysia
  country             Malaysia
  scenario            Armed Robbery in Public Space
  description         12 men rob aluminum factory, steal 180 Bitcoin ASICs.
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        
  coin_type           
  reports             Vibes
  notes               ASIC machines stolen
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2025-11-14 09:05:23
  (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
   their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
   same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)

AI SUMMARY  [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
  **Victims:** The owner of an aluminium factory in the West Meru industrial area near Klang, Malaysia; the on-duty security personnel were also targeted.
  
  **Attackers:** A group of robbers; twelve men (including one Indonesian) were arrested in nine raids, and three more remained at large (Tan Jian Farn alias 'Q-Peng', 37; Herman Petrus, 41; and Abdul Rahim Mohamad Ali, 33). All the local suspects had prior criminal and drug records, while the arrested Indonesian had none.
  
  **Attack Method:** The factory was broken into and robbed early in the morning across two incidents, on 27 April and 20 May 2022; the robbers tied up the security guards.
  
  **Violence Used:** Detention — the on-duty security personnel were tied up to carry out the theft; no injuries were reported.
  
  **Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** The robbers stole 180 bitcoin mining machines (ASICs) — not bitcoin itself — a loss put at hundreds of thousands of ringgit.
  
  **Status:** Twelve men were arrested on 26–27 May and remanded for five days; cars, computers, phones and mining machines were seized, and police said the arrests solved three bitcoin-machine robbery cases in the area. Three suspects were still being sought; the case was opened under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code.

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/62020/12-held-over-bitcoin-mining-machine-theft

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 130: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   Vibes
  URL      https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/62020/12-held-over-bitcoin-mining-machine-theft
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12 held over bitcoin mining machine theft
All suspects but one had multiple criminal, drug-related records
Updated 3 years ago · Published on 30 May 2022 5:18PM
North Klang district police chief, ACP S. Vijaya Rao (left) says the suspects, aged 20 to 40, were detained by police, following a report lodged by the owner of an aluminium factory in the West Meru industrial area, near here, after his factory was broken into and 180 bitcoin machines were stolen in two incidents, on April 27 and May 20. – Bernama pic, May 30, 2022
KLANG – Twelve men, including an Indonesian, were arrested in nine raids around here on May 26 and 27, in connection with a bitcoin mining machine theft case involving a loss of hundreds of thousands of ringgit.
North Klang district police chief, ACP S. Vijaya Rao, said the suspects, aged 20 to 40, were detained by police, following a report lodged by the owner of an aluminium factory in the West Meru industrial area, near here, after his factory was broken into and 180 bitcoin machines were stolen in two incidents, on April 27 and May 20.
He said that based on the modus operandi used, the suspects robbed the factory early in the morning and tied up the security personnel on duty.
“Following that, an investigation paper under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code was opened. All the suspects were remanded for five days to assist in the investigation,” he said at a press conference at the North Klang district police headquarters, here, today.
Vijaya said all local suspects arrested had multiple criminal and drug-related records, while the Indonesian had no criminal record.
“During the raids, among items seized were cars, computers, mobile phones and bitcoin mining machines. As a result of the arrests, the police have managed to solve three bitcoin machine robbery cases in the North Klang area,” he said.
He said the police were currently tracking down three other suspects who were still at large, known as Tan Jian Farn (Q-Peng), 37, Herman Petrus, 41, and Abdul Rahim Mohamad Ali, 33, believed to be involved in the incident. – Bernama, May 30, 2022


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  URL        https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/62020/12-held-over-bitcoin-mining-machine-theft
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

12 held over bitcoin mining machine theft | Malaysia | The Vibes

KLANG – Twelve men, including an Indonesian, were arrested in nine raids around here on May 26 and 27, in connection with a bitcoin mining machine theft case involving a loss of hundreds of thousands of ringgit.

North Klang district police chief, ACP S. Vijaya Rao, said the suspects, aged 20 to 40, were detained by police, following a report lodged by the owner of an aluminium factory in the West Meru industrial area, near here, after his factory was broken into and 180 bitcoin machines were stolen in two incidents, on April 27 and May 20.

He said that based on the modus operandi used, the suspects robbed the factory early in the morning and tied up the security personnel on duty.

“Following that, an investigation paper under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code was opened. All the suspects were remanded for five days to assist in the investigation,” he said at a press conference at the North Klang district police headquarters, here, today.

Vijaya said all local suspects arrested had multiple criminal and drug-related records, while the Indonesian had no criminal record.

“During the raids, among items seized were cars, computers, mobile phones and bitcoin mining machines. As a result of the arrests, the police have managed to solve three bitcoin machine robbery cases in the North Klang area,” he said.

He said the police were currently tracking down three other suspects who were still at large, known as Tan Jian Farn (Q-Peng), 37, Herman Petrus, 41, and Abdul Rahim Mohamad Ali, 33, believed to be involved in the incident. – Bernama, May 30, 2022

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