Timing is critical to get victims' money back. Wisconsin cryptocurrency scam victims lost $43 million in 2025.

Dave Lieber 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 ...

LOCAL WOMAN WHO FELL FOR A SIMILAR SCAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MY OLDEST SON CALLING MY MOTHER, SAYING, MIMI, I’VE BEEN ARRESTED. THE $9,000 HIT JACQUELINE TOOK A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER ...

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, ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW)- Law enforcement, including agencies in Portage County, have been sued for doing what they say is protecting the community from scams involving Bitcoin Machines. Wisconsinites are ...

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 ...

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 ...

MORNING STARTING AT 430. WE HAVE A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT YOUR MONEY. 12 NEWS INVESTIGATES LOOKING INTO SCAMS INVOLVING BITCOIN ATMS. YEAH. SO TONIGHT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WANTS TO STEP IN TO TRACK ...