The fraud, according to law enforcement, has become more pervasive as bitcoin ATM installations in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. More than 26,000 machines stand today, a spike from 4,212 ...

Bitcoin ATMs are used to steal money. Using some phishing email, a phone call or even a fake AI audio, targets are persuaded to send money using a Bitcoin ATM to the recipient's wallet address because ...

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, ...

You may think it could never happen to you or someone you love, but bitcoin ATM fraud is on the rise. Thieves often use urgent threats and fake documents to trick people into depositing cash into ...

LOCAL WOMAN WHO FELL FOR A SIMILAR SCAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MY OLDEST SON CALLING MY MOTHER, SAYING, MIMI, I’VE BEEN ARRESTED. THE $9,000 HIT JACQUELINE TOOK A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER ...

The U.S. government is seeking to seize a massive 127,271 bitcoin (≈$14B) linked to a scam run by Chinese national Chen Zhi and his Cambodia-based criminal network. The U.S. government is moving to ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has filed a lawsuit against a cryptocurrency kiosk operator that the AG says facilitated cryptocurrency scams. According to the lawsuit, Bitcoin ...

MONTHS AND SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT THE LAWSUIT. MIKE ERIKA ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREA CAMPBELL SAYS CRYPTO SCAMS HAVE ROBBED MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS OF MORE THAN $10 MILLION. THE ...

A Chinese woman known as the "Bitcoin Queen" was sentenced in London to 11 years and eight months in jail for laundering Bitcoin from a £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion) cryptocurrency investment scheme.