And...barely a week later....

...CNN runs a headline story comprehensive expose on exactly the scam I was talking about in my previous post. The story is a good read-it lays out the scam, how the fraud actors direct their victims to the specific crypto ATMs, how the machine operators defend their claim to the deposited money in courts, and how they use aggressive lobbying efforts to influence proposed regulatory legislation. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/10/us/crypto-atm-scams-companies-profit-invs-vis/