Lux Vending – doing business as Bitcoin Depot – has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office of McLennan County, Texas, accusing it of unlawfully seizing $15,000 from a BTC automated teller machine (ATM).
The authorities confiscated the amount to compensate an elderly victim who had become a victim of a cryptocurrency scam.
Bitcoin Depot ‘Can Go to Hell’
According to local coverage, the whole drama started at the end of April when an 82-year-old Crawford woman was browsing the Internet for a cooking recipe. While online, she received an email stating she had accidentally activated a “Ransomware” computer virus.
The woman contacted “customer support,” where she was redirected to a specially-designated “fraud investigator.” The latter claimed all her personal data had been compromised, adding that someone had written a $15,000 check to a mysterious construction firm using her details. The wrongdoer advised the victim to make a $15K cash withdrawal fr
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