The FBI says fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated using bitcoin ATM ...

Bitcoin and crypto ATMs faced heightened scrutiny in 2025, as authorities and lawmakers tried to confront a growing number of scams.

In 16 hours, Kimberly Ryan said she lost her life savings. “It was legitimate threats that sounded like they were coming from a legitimate authority figure,” the mother said. Scammers are increasingly ...

The voice belonged to a scammer, and experts believe the call was likely made from overseas. The machine was a bitcoin ATM kiosk-- one of more than 45,000 across the country. And on that summer day in ...

In the last two years 156 victims lost $3 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in Clay County, Missouri In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for ...

Scams tied to ATMs using Bitcoin have surged tenfold in the past five years, according to Nevada officials. The Secretary of State’s office is warning any request to transfer money into crypto using ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Secretary of State's Office is warning people of a recirculating scam connected to the use of cryptocurrency ATMs, also known as Bitcoin ATMs. According to the North ...

In September, Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb sued Athena Bitcoin, saying the company’s own data shows 93% of transactions on its devices in its first five months of operations in ...

LEAWOOD, Kan. — Police investigators in Johnson County have their eye on ATMs used to purchase bitcoin. Federal law enforcement officials said those cryptocurrency machines are often used by predators ...