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Police tell Bitcoin ATM firm to 'go to hell,' take scam victim's cash from machine

protos.com Police tell Bitcoin ATM firm to 'go to hell,' take scam victim's cash from machine

The 82-year-old victim was tricked into putting $15,000 into a bitcoin ATM after clicking a ransomware link while looking for online recipes.

A crypto ATM maker and a Texas sheriff’s department are locked in a fierce legal battle after police seized cash from one of the company’s machines and handed it back to an 82-year-old woman who had been scammed into converting $15,000 into bitcoin.

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