{"id":22216,"date":"2024-07-12T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadingcryptonews.com\/paraguayan-senate-passes-law-imposing-up-to-10-years-of-jail-time-on-crypto-miners-for-electricity-theft\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:17:24","slug":"paraguayan-senate-passes-law-imposing-up-to-10-years-of-jail-time-on-crypto-miners-for-electricity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadingcryptonews.com\/paraguayan-senate-passes-law-imposing-up-to-10-years-of-jail-time-on-crypto-miners-for-electricity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguayan Senate Passes Law Imposing up to 10 Years of Jail Time on Crypto Miners for Electricity Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/e9378a5d-a956-447a-aaf9-03b1bb7f7b3e-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Paraguayan Senate Sanctions Law Punishing Crypto Mining Power Theft With up to 10 Years of Jail Time\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/noscript>The Paraguayan senate has passed a series of reforms that changed penalties for energy and cryptocurrency mining-related energy theft. 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