Leawood police warn residents of bitcoin ATMs often used for scams

Massachusetts town to ban Bitcoin ATMs after residents scammed

PEABODY — An ordinance before the City Council would ban Bitcoin machines in the city after Peabody residents have lost well over $100,000 in scams involving these machines.

Leawood police warn residents of bitcoin ATMs often used for scams

LEAWOOD, Kan. — Police investigators in Johnson County have their eye on ATMs used to purchase bitcoin. Federal law enforcement officials said those cryptocurrency machines are often used by predators who force victims to send untraceable money to scammers. Parking fines piling up despite valid handicap tags for downtown KC employees Detectives with the Leawood Police Department are applauding a convenience store clerk, calling him a hero …