Opinion: Beware of Bitcoin ATM scams
Bitcoin is for sale March 13, 2023, at an ATM at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall in Paramus, N.J. (Ted Shaffrey/AP file)
Randy Hutchinson
Randy Hutchinson is the President and CEO of the BBB of the Mid-South, serving 28 counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He graduated from Western Maryland College and has an MBA from Wilmington College.
“The Federal Trade Commission says consumers reported losing $110 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2023, a tenfold increase over 2020.”
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