The Jasper County Police Department in Texas recently used power tools to pry open a Bitcoin ATM and successfully recovered $31,900 in cash that victims had been scammed out of. The family had previously fallen victim to a crypto scam, losing $25,000. The police stated that the operation was conducted under a court search warrant, and the ATM was operated by Bitcoin Depot. FBI data shows that in 2024, Americans over 60 years old lost as much as $107 million due to Bitcoin ATM scams. (Decrypt)

<div>Recently, the Jasper County Police in Texas, USA, used power tools to pry open a Bitcoin ATM and successfully recovered $31,900 in cash scammed from the victim. The family had previously fallen victim to a crypto scam, losing $25,000. The police stated that the operation was conducted under a court search warrant, and the ATM was operated by Bitcoin Depot. FBI data shows that in 2024, Americans over 60 years old lost up to $107 million due to Bitcoin ATM scams. (Decrypt)<br><br></div>

Texas police in the United States used a chainsaw to pry open a Bitcoin ATM and recovered nearly 32 thousand US dollars in scam funds.