[Approximately 1,400 Electricity-Stealing Bitcoin Mining Machines Seized in São Paulo, Brazil] According to Livecoins, the Property Crime Investigation Department (DEIC) of São Paulo State, Brazil, in collaboration with the power company CPFL Piratininga, conducted an operation and seized approximately 1,400 Bitcoin mining machines suspected of operating with stolen electricity. It is estimated that the stolen electricity could power around 2,000 households for a month. Although Bitcoin mining is not illegal in Brazil, the focus of CPFL and DEIC's operation was on the act of electricity theft.