In June 2024, when Fran Bates entered a Fort Worth-area gas station, she thought the voice on the other end of the phone was from her bank, and she thought a machine where she was in the process of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – For years, Better Call Behnken reports have warned about schemes targeting the elderly using fear, manipulation — and bitcoin machines. Now, two local state representatives have ...

The bureau, working with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, reached a settlement in December 2025.

Bitcoin ATMs are a necessary part of the cryptocurrency infrastructure. Until there will be a robust Bitcoin economy without the need of frequent exchanges to fiat money, their existence could hardly ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Two East Tennessee sheriff’s offices have issued a joint warning following a recent rise in scams involving Bitcoin machines. The sheriff’s offices in Knox and Anderson ...

The stories have played out across the country. In New Jersey, it was a 74-year-old retired art restorer contacted by a person purporting to be an Apple representative, advising her that her computer ...

FILE - The Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a cryptocurrency ATM in Salem, N.H., Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) (Charles Krupa, Copyright ...