Law enforcement authorities are proactively seeking out and closing Bitcoin ATMs that are frequently involved in extortion and scams. Update (Sept. 9, 2:45 pm UTC): This article has been updated to ...

Bitcoin ATMs were supposed to make digital money as easy as grabbing cash from a corner machine. Instead, they have become one of the fastest growing tools for fraud, with the FBI now tying them to a ...

There has been a "massive" surge in the amount of money consumers have lost to scams involving Bitcoin ATM machines, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The amount of money lost has ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A grocery store probably isn’t where you’d envision seeing the work of a Secret Service agent, but Special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated ...

Dave Lieber After last month’s Watchdog report on the Fort Worth woman conned into depositing $10,000 into a convenience store’s bitcoin ATM, several readers reached out wanting to learn more. They ...

Bitcoin ATM scams cost Americans $333.5 million in 2025, targeting seniors with fake government calls directing them to crypto kiosks for irreversible theft.

PEORIA, AZ — Arizona is looking to crack down on Bitcoin ATM scams, something that has been becoming more and more popular among scammers each year. House Bill 2387, introduced by state representative ...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that Bitcoin ATM (BTM) scams have accumulated a total of $114 million when converted to the United States dollar in 2023. The federal agency also shared ...

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated using bitcoin ATM machines, a marked uptick over ...