Tennessee becomes second state to ban cryptocurrency ATMs over scam concerns
2026-04-27T20:51:52Z•2775163a4bac2903a7b4f8290c448be2bf91e6f5b03365d7f773ea9bf4cd653e
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What happened
Collection of The Record headlines (27 Apr 2026): Tennessee became the second U.S. state to ban cryptocurrency ATMs after officials observed overseas criminals using them for government‑impersonation, tech‑support, romance and “pig butchering” scams. A California man received a >5‑year prison sentence for laundering roughly $260M in stolen cryptocurrency. DFRLab attributed a disinformation operation (Spamouflage-linked) to targeting Tibetan parliament‑in‑exile elections. Italy extradited an alleged Chinese state‑linked hacker to the U.S. over accusations of stealing COVID‑19 vaccine research.
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