The Sheriff of the Ferriers in Texas took a tool to cut the power of the local cryptographic ATM after the family was deceived from $ 25,000, causing a debate among cryptocurrency users about the sense of his actions.
According to For local reports on Tuesday, the fraudster deceived the family in Jasper, northwest of Houston, in depositing funds at local Bitcoin ATMs (BTC) by impersonating a government employee.
Jasper Chuck Havard, the sheriff of the Fountain, secured a search order and opened an ATM, which showed that it was served by Bitcoin Depot to recover about USD 32,000, including USD 25,000, which the family paid the fraudsters.
Havard claimed that fraudsters told his family that he was owed to $ 25,000 and instructed them to deposit money to Bitcoin, and the family then uses the Bitcoin ATM to transfer funds.
It was contacted with the Bitcoins magazine to comment on the incident.
Cryptocurrency users ask the cops tactics
“It seems that maybe government employees destroyed the innocent ownership of the third party and stole his money,” Reddit Johndlg user he said On Wednesday in response to messages.
User reddit jad8484 he said That “unless he is the owner of a cheat kiosk, it doesn’t make sense.”
“It’s like confiscated all the money from the CVS register after someone bought several gift cards to send to cheaters,” they added.
Havard defended his actions and reportedly said: “When thieves, low life and fraudsters try to use the citizens of Jasper, we will work quickly and use all resources to protect our citizens and their property at all costs.”
Challenging case to break, says the sheriff
Havard said that such cases regarding cryptographic fraud “can be very complex and difficult to solve.”
He said that his department had not yet located the whereabouts of the cheater.
The incident appears among the growing control of cryptocurrency ATMs in the USA and abroad.
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On June 18, the second largest city in Washington, banned cryptographic ATMs in response to a rapid boost in frauds addressed to local residents.
FBI Reported In April there were almost 11,000 complaints and over $ 246 million losses related to cryptographic fraud in 2024, which is an boost of 31% of 2023.
On June 3, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center recently enforced the limit of 5000 Australian dollars (USD 3,250) cash deposits and payments at cryptographic ATMs.
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