Louisiana Attorney General Fires Employees Over Cryptocurrency Mining

Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General, has opened a criminal investigation into the IT department of his own office. According to lawΒ enforcement officials, the investigationΒ comes amid allegations of former staffers using state resources to mine Bitcoin. Landry’s office didn’t acknowledge the overhaul within its IT division for months, a move that resulted in the former director and a half-dozen employees being let go. No charges have been filed as of yet, but Landry confirmed that the Read More The post Louisiana Attorney General Fires Employees Over Cryptocurrency Mining appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.



via ICGO https://www.icgo.co.uk/redirect/?url=http://bitcoinist.com/louisiana-attorney-general-fires-employees-over-cryptocurrency-mining/