Reminds me about the thread of a guy caught mining Bitcoin secretly at his place of work.
There are many stories like that. People were mining in data centers, power plants, even nuclear institutes.
Not a very common story when the guy is a police officer.
There wouldn't really have confiscation and jailing if he just acquire some business permit for his ATMs to operate. He has the money to pay for it so he can do it legally but he just really can't deny that he has no plans of doing it that authorities has to stop him.