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DoJ Charges Two Staff Members For Using School Property To Mine Crypto

Published 02/03/2024, 06:43 PM
Updated 02/03/2024, 06:45 PM
DoJ Charges Two Staff Members For Using School Property To Mine Crypto
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  • Two staff members of the Patterson Joint Unified School District have been charged for illegal crypto mining.
  • Both staff members allegedly utilized the school’s resources, including running up electric power.
  • The DoJ alleged the staff members used high-end graphics cards and other school district property to operate a crypto mining farm.

Two staff members of the Patterson Joint Unified School District have been charged for an alleged crypto-mining operation on the premises of the district’s ten schools. According to reports, both staff members allegedly utilized the school’s resources, including running up electric power.

In a recent charge, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) accused Jeffrey Menge, assistant superintendent, and chief business officer of Patterson Joint Unified School District, and Eric Drabert, IT director for the school district, of jointly operating a crypto farm using the school’s facility. The DoJ also included that they transferred all the mined cryptocurrency into their wallets.

According to the DoJ’s statement, Menge and Drabert purchased high-end graphics ca…

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