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Argentina’s Tax Authority Conducts First-Ever Raids on Secret Crypto Miners
According to the agency, three crypto farms with irregularities were uncovered last week in the South American country.
Argentina’s tax collection agency (AFIP) conducted raids for the first time in search of secret crypto miners, the agency announced Friday.
- Last Tuesday, AFIP carried out its first raid in the province of San Juan, where it found an agricultural producer housing crypto mining equipment in a fruit cooling area. AFIP didn’t disclose the amount of equipment discovered, nor the amount of cryptocurrency held by the miner.
- Last week, AFIP also raided a crypto mining company operating in Buenos Aires, where it was working on a property registered for other commercial purposes. Inside the location, AFIP found 142 rigs and 1,355 video cards.
- Finally, on Thursday, AFIP held a third raid in the province of Córdoba, although no further details were officially disclosed.
- Currently, Argentina has no official registry for crypto miners and few companies operate legally. The bulk of miners in the country carry out the activity secretly to avoid paying taxes and to take advantage of residential electricity tariffs, which are heavily subsidized compared to industrial rates.
Read more: Argentina Bears Down on Crypto Miners Amid Power Shortage
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Marina Lammertyn
Marina Lammertyn is a CoinDesk reporter based in Argentina, where she covers the Latin American crypto ecosystem. She worked at Reuters News Agency and has authored enterprise stories featured in local and international media such as The New York Times. Marina has also written and hosted tech-themed podcasts featured on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, among other platforms. She graduated from the Catholic University of Argentina. She holds no crypto.
