WIRED | Estimates show that the use of crypto in human trafficking nearly doubled in 2025. Andy Greenberg reports that many of the deals happen in plain sight.

The New York Times | Crypto is gaining mainstream acceptance. But at least $28 billion tied to illicit activity has moved into crypto exchanges over the last two years alone.

CBC News | An investigation of the crypto ATM industry in Canada showed that the machines have become the main way scammers get money from fraud victims in Canada.

Truth Be Told | Sarasota, Florida detectives uncovered a national crime ring. It was all part of an $80 million scam operation orchestrated from within prisons in nearby Georgia.

WCSC Live 5 News | Crypto ATM kiosks allow people to put cash into the machine and receive some kind of cryptocurrency. But they’re used for fraud 99.5% of the time.

National Cybersecurity Alliance | From fake bitcoin giveaways to romance scams and shady investment “opportunities,” crypto scams are exploding in popularity.

Wired | Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto-scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.

FBI | The annual IC3 report includes data from 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime and details reported losses of $16+ billion — a 33% increase over 2023.

Andy Greenberg | Investigators with the right skills and tools can trace crypto transactions. The information is there if you know how to use it. Greenberg tells the story in Tracers in the Dark.

WIRED | A Chainalysis report finds that stablecoins, tied to the value of the US dollar, were used in the majority of crypto-based scam transactions and sanctions evasion in 2023.