Americans lost at least $333 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2025, a figure that law enforcement describes as a "clear and ...
Bitcoin ATMs in the US are facing intensified regulatory scrutiny after federal data linked the machines to a sharp rise in financial fraud.
United States authorities in Louisiana have announced the recovery of $200,000 from Bitcoin ATM scammers targeting elderly ...
The kiosks allow users to send cash to a digital wallet anywhere in the world. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses ...
Americans in 2024 lost nearly $250 million to scams that used Bitcoin ATMs In June 2024, when Fran Bates entered a Fort Worth-area gas station, she thought the voice on the other end of the phone was ...
DISCOVERED. IT’S COSTING PEOPLE ALL ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS MILLIONS. AND I GET A PHONE CALL FROM TD BANK, WHICH HAS BEEN MY BANK FOR YEARS. 85 YEAR OLD JANICE PELTZ DIDN’T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT IT ...
A new law allows for people who have been the victim of a scam involving the use of virtual currency kiosks — often referred to as Bitcoin ATMs — to receive a full refund of their money, and one law ...
Crypto ATM scams are accelerating into a national crisis as 2026 begins, with police and federal investigators (FBI) warning ...
Brian Schwalb, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, recently filed a lawsuit against Athena Bitcoin Inc, a company that operates more than 4,000 Bitcoin ATMs across the country. The lawsuit ...