State officials in Maine are urging residents to act quickly if they believe they were victims of scams involving bitcoin kiosks, as the deadline to file a claim for potential refunds is April 1. The ...
A retired teacher says a Bitcoin scam took her life savings — and now she might lose her home. The warning she wants everyone to hear. 7’s Heather Walker has this exclusive investigation. Karla Kelley ...
Bitcoin valued at $15 billion has been seized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) from a massive "pig butchering" network, and in what officials say is the "largest forfeiture action in U.S. history." ...
The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive "pig butchering" fraud operation based in Cambodia, prosecutors said. The seizure is the ...
NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- An ITEAM investigation in collaboration with ABC News is exposing scams involving Bitcoin ATMs - kiosks that are popping up across North Carolina and throughout the country.
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 ...
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" ...
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Did you know that there are more than 30 cryptocurrency ATMS in Columbus? While the use of cryptocurrency remains at an all time high, scammers are using it to swindle victims ...
ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of several new scams making their way around the county, including jury duty, door-to-door soliciting, and Bitcoin ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bloomington police say a local man was scammed out of $7,600 in Bitcoin by a suspect claiming to have an arrest warrant from the sheriff’s office. A man contacted the Bloomington ...
[Watch previous FOX 8 News coverage in the player above.] PERRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — It’s rare for a scam investigation to have anything but a bad ending. “Scam cases — especially those involving ...
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 ...