A selection of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency ATMs at central New Hampshire gas stations. Store employees said it wasn't common to see people using the machines, but sometimes witnessed individuals being scammed at the kiosks. The Legislature is considering tightening regulations on the machines, as neighboring states have done. (Photos by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin)
Fear, confusion, urgency, and a kiosk: that’s what it takes to execute a cryptocurrency ATM scam, law enforcement officers say. And that’s what Ken Heideman, a Nashua resident, was confronted with in 2022 as he stood in a New Hampshire convenience store, a bag at his feet full of $20s and $100s he’d withdrawn from his savings account just hours before.
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