Quote from: minermick on March 14, 2015, 12:04:41 PM

Quote from: ajaxmoor on March 12, 2015, 10:41:50 AM

Just because they thought so doesn't really give them the ground to take things away like that. I am sure in the US you might even would be able to sue them for it.
And as far as mining goes, there is no reason for it to be illegal(as long as bitcoin isn't). As the electricity you are using is what you are paying for. And its not illegal to use more of it for mining.

Yes absolutely, a spike in electricity usage is perfectly acceptable grounds for them to get a search warrant on suspicion of growing hash using high watt lamps, they are more than welcome to come in every week to check I'm not growing hash, what I have a major problem with is them coming in, not finding anything illegal but taking everything I own anyway!! I can't run my business without my computers, I'm taking the state to the high court, very expensive but I'm confident I'll win because ive done nothing wrong...

Certainly they must have noticed after a minute that there was no hashish (only hashpower), so they decided to justify their groundless raid by stealing your equipment, in the hope that they find something else to get you in trouble for

I have read many times that cops do that kind of stuff; hoping to justify groundless or illegal raids. It is hard in the US because of the "fruit of the poisoned tree" rule but in Europe, pigs can nail their victims for things that are not mentioned in the search warrant!!

It was a police search not a robbery

a robbery would have been better for you, because you can buy insurance against that Wink