The investigation found fewer than 10 customers who may have been using the kiosks for legitimate transactions.
Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, ...
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 ...
Local authorities are asking the public to be on the lookout for scams this holiday season. The Perrysburg Township Police Department said it has gotten at least five reports of scams in the past week ...
The department has seen a worrying trend in relation to a phone scam that proposes the use of Bitcoin to pay a warrant. They posted an alert on Thursday. “A warrant can be paid by posting bond, but ...
Federal agents have quietly pulled off one of the largest financial seizures in American history, taking control of roughly 15 billion dollars in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" ...
A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime. A recently divorced Bitcoin investor lost ...
SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Salina woman lost almost $10,000 after becoming a victim of an online bitcoin scam. Salina Police report that a 72-year-old woman received an email on Saturday which appeared ...
Key takeawaysA recently divorced Bitcoin investor lost his entire retirement fund, one full Bitcoin, to an AI-powered romance scam orchestrated by a sophisticated criminal using deepfakes.Pig ...
Authorities in South Korea have launched an investigation after millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin seized in a criminal case was reportedly stolen. The Chosun Daily reported that the Bitcoin was ...