Karen and Robert Lacey allege Bitcoin Depot processed $76,000 in fraudulent transactions at its bitcoin ATMs without ...

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, ...

Bitcoin, the digital currency and virtual payment system, has grown increasingly popular in recent years. The top cryptocurrency token holders have made billions of dollars off the digital asset.

Bitcoin ATMs are primarily used for elder financial abuse, and the companies that own the ATMs let it happen, a lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit says Athena Bitcoin — which operates 138 ATMs in Maryland ...

A Frisco woman says she was tricked into depositing more than $32,000 into a bitcoin ATM machine after scammers convinced her she was protecting her money from hackers. Susan Mayfield, 76, said that ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warns that scammers are using Bitcoin ATMs to defraud Michiganders. The Office of the Attorney General says Bitcoin ATM scams targeting ...

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 ...

Q: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? A: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from older adults ...