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Crypto ATM scams
Americans reported $389.0m lost in scams involving crypto ATMs and kiosks in 2025, 66% of it by people 60 and over. FBI figures by state and age.
$389.0m reported lost in scams involving crypto ATMs and kiosks in 2025, across 13,460 complaints to the FBI
The FBI notes that a complaint can include losses through other channels too, so not all of this passed through a kiosk.
That is 58% more money and 23% more complaints than in 2024, when the FBI recorded $246.7m from 10,956 complaints. People aged 60 and over made 46% of the complaints and lost $257.5m, 66% of the total. Source: FBI, 2025 IC3 Annual Report, p. 53.
The ATM is only how the money moves. In the typical complaint the FBI describes, a scammer gives detailed instructions: withdraw cash from the bank, find a kiosk and send the money, often by scanning a QR code the scammer supplies. The FBI warns about callers posing as companies, government, law enforcement or utilities, and people known only online. Source: FBI IC3, IC3 Cryptocurrency Kiosk Complaint Data By State.
- 60 and over$257.5m
- 50 to 59$44.6m
- 40 to 49$20.8m
- 30 to 39$10.9m
- 20 to 29$6.5m
- Under 20$124,013
By state
Texas reported the most, $56.8m from 1,179 complaints, then Florida ($32.8m) and California ($24.0m). Per resident, Alaska ($445,013 per 100,000 people), Kentucky ($275,615 per 100,000 people), Hawaii ($268,499 per 100,000 people) were hit hardest among states with at least 50 complaints.
$6,007 to $60,265$61,027 to $87,680$89,401 to $115,382$117,915 to $146,665$156,303 to $445,013
- Texas$56.8m
- Florida$32.8m
- California$24.0m
- Illinois$20.1m
- New Jersey$17.9m
- Tennessee$15.0m
- Arizona$14.5m
- Pennsylvania$14.5m
- Kentucky$12.7m
- North Carolina$12.6m
- Ohio$12.0m
- Michigan$11.9m
| State | Complaints | Losses | Per 100,000 residents | Average per complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,179 | $56.8m | $179,131 | $48,178 |
| Florida | 1,213 | $32.8m | $139,650 | $27,012 |
| California | 978 | $24.0m | $61,027 | $24,558 |
| Illinois | 510 | $20.1m | $157,851 | $39,367 |
| New Jersey | 369 | $17.9m | $187,192 | $48,438 |
| Tennessee | 348 | $15.0m | $205,388 | $43,173 |
| Arizona | 460 | $14.5m | $190,593 | $31,588 |
| Pennsylvania | 518 | $14.5m | $110,918 | $27,964 |
| Kentucky | 179 | $12.7m | $275,615 | $70,934 |
| North Carolina | 491 | $12.6m | $112,669 | $25,696 |
| Ohio | 448 | $12.0m | $100,620 | $26,728 |
| Michigan | 368 | $11.9m | $117,915 | $32,452 |
| Colorado | 332 | $9.5m | $157,399 | $28,505 |
| Washington | 391 | $8.3m | $104,260 | $21,335 |
| Georgia | 361 | $7.5m | $66,202 | $20,727 |
| Wisconsin | 242 | $7.3m | $122,384 | $30,205 |
| Missouri | 317 | $7.2m | $115,382 | $22,824 |
| Virginia | 413 | $7.1m | $80,270 | $17,259 |
| Massachusetts | 296 | $6.8m | $95,534 | $23,090 |
| South Carolina | 225 | $6.1m | $110,029 | $27,240 |
| Indiana | 242 | $6.1m | $87,680 | $25,265 |
| New York | 318 | $5.8m | $28,883 | $18,168 |
| Oregon | 256 | $5.2m | $122,188 | $20,398 |
| Nevada | 221 | $4.8m | $146,665 | $21,782 |
| Kansas | 117 | $4.2m | $139,983 | $35,620 |
| Maryland | 253 | $4.1m | $65,877 | $16,314 |
| Minnesota | 222 | $4.1m | $69,767 | $18,323 |
| Hawaii | 92 | $3.8m | $268,499 | $41,816 |
| Oklahoma | 166 | $3.7m | $89,940 | $22,340 |
| Utah | 160 | $3.3m | $93,550 | $20,691 |
| Alaska | 78 | $3.3m | $445,013 | $42,063 |
| Alabama | 177 | $3.0m | $57,343 | $16,824 |
| Iowa | 90 | $2.9m | $89,401 | $32,168 |
| Louisiana | 144 | $2.9m | $62,242 | $19,961 |
| West Virginia | 63 | $2.3m | $129,850 | $36,402 |
| New Mexico | 109 | $2.3m | $106,659 | $20,798 |
| Maine | 42 | $2.2m | $156,303 | $52,654 |
| New Hampshire | 72 | $1.8m | $125,652 | $24,700 |
| Montana | 69 | $1.6m | $138,472 | $22,972 |
| Nebraska | 92 | $1.5m | $75,514 | $16,564 |
| Idaho | 103 | $1.5m | $74,924 | $14,765 |
| Rhode Island | 55 | $1.5m | $135,820 | $27,523 |
| Arkansas | 102 | $1.5m | $47,626 | $14,544 |
| Wyoming | 36 | $1.2m | $195,624 | $31,993 |
| Mississippi | 79 | $775,965 | $26,267 | $9,822 |
| Delaware | 49 | $674,815 | $63,665 | $13,772 |
| South Dakota | 33 | $563,533 | $60,265 | $17,077 |
| Connecticut | 72 | $536,190 | $14,537 | $7,447 |
| North Dakota | 20 | $480,330 | $60,089 | $24,017 |
| Puerto Rico | 20 | $191,315 | $6,007 | $9,566 |
| District of Columbia | 27 | $175,738 | $25,335 | $6,509 |
| Vermont | 13 | $48,060 | $7,455 | $3,697 |
Losses are the FBI’s adjusted losses from complaints to its Internet Crime Complaint Center, by the complainant’s state; 230 complaints from territories and abroad aren’t in the table. One large loss can move a small state a long way, so per-resident figures for states with few complaints are rough. Sources: FBI IC3, IC3 Cryptocurrency Kiosk Complaint Data By State (15 May 2026); US Census Bureau population estimates.
Crypto ATM cases in US enforcement
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2025 | DOJ | Criminal charge | The founder of a Chicago crypto ATM company and the company were indicted in an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy. |
| 18 Apr 2024 | DOJ | Criminal charge | A California man was charged in a tech-support impersonation scam that took a retiree's savings via Bitcoin ATMs and gold purchases. |
| 12 Sept 2023 | DOJ | Seizure or forfeiture | A Folsom Bitcoin ATM company, Amani Investments (Coinucopia), forfeited $1 million, a car, Bitcoin and gold after pleading guilty to evading CTRs. |
Documents in the enforcement ledger whose summary mentions a crypto ATM or kiosk. Those before 2024 are shown for context and aren’t in the enforcement downloads, which start then. Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated.
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If it has happened to you
- Report it to the FBI’s IC3 and to your local police. The FBI asks for the transaction ID, the wallet address the money went to and where the kiosk is.
- Keep every receipt the kiosk printed.
- No government agency or police force asks to be paid through a crypto ATM. If a kiosk operator calls to warn that a transaction looks like fraud, stop.
- Paid “recovery” services are a scam of their own: what actually gets stolen crypto back.
- You can check the address you were told to pay against the sanctions list and FBI theft notices.
Official guidance: FinCEN Issues Notice on the Use of Convertible Virtual Currency Kiosks for Scam Payments and Other Illicit Activity (FinCEN, 4 August 2025).
Every US crypto scam case, and where to report
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