Argentina Tax Officers Find $20m Worth of Crypto Mining Hardware on Livestock Farm
Source: Galyna Andrushko/Adobe The tax body of Argentina is continuing its crackdown on unregistered crypto mining – and has swooped on a livestock and cereal farm to uncover some $20 million worth of coin-mining hardware. In a government notice, the national tax authority, known locally as the AFIP, explained that the equipment was found in the premises of an “agricultural company dedicated to raising livestock and growing cereals.” The AFIP explained that the farm was based in the province of Santa Fe, in the town of Reconquista. It added that the farm had “acquired 35 crypto mining rigs,” in addition to “video cards and motherboards that were going to be used to mine cryptocurrencies.” However, it appears that the hardware had not yet been connected to the internet, so the farm operators may escape more severe forms of punishment. The farm operators are likely to face fines, however, and it does not appear that the hardwar...