RE: Has Bitcoin become the Communists World Currency?

When this was live news I picked up the news about the "12,000 Bitcoins seized in Venezuela" from Latin American Bitcoiners. I cannot find an english article covering the story completed, so I will post a few articles on the matter and you can backtrack it from there yourself.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2017/01/27/congratulations-to-venezuela-bitcoin-miners-arrested-for-stealing-free-electricity/#6f6a271a4b03

http://reason.com/blog/2017/01/25/venezuelan-authorities-bitcoin-crypto

https://news.bitcoin.com/venezuelan-authorities-weakening-bitcoin-mining-operations/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/venezuelan-authorities-arrest-4-bitcoin-miners-2017-01-26

https://news.bitcoin.com/venezuela-bitcoin-miners-arrested-electricity-theft/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/four-bitcoin-miners-arrested-in-venezuela-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity/

NB: If Electricity is FREE, how do you steal it?