That unassuming kiosk in your local grocery store is a portal to fraud, regulators warn.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Scammers are now posting fake social media ads featuring a deepfake police officer image in an attempt to discredit warning stickers placed on Bitcoin ATM machines across the ...

Call it a diabolical new twist on an old scam: ATM fraudsters are turning to bitcoin. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Data the ...

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, ...

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 wanted to know ...

As governments seek to ban the machines, bitcoin ATMs remain entwined with cryptocurrency industry's most mainstream players.

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 ...

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 ...