Tarrant County prosecutors are trying to keep retirees out of the crypto crosshairs after an expensive close call at a Fort Worth Bitcoin kiosk.
Today in Fort Worth, Assistant District Attorney Nathan Martin stood in front of a room of Lockheed Martin retirees and laid it out in plain English: never put cash into a crypto ATM. The talk took place less than a mile from a Bitcoin Depot kiosk, and prosecutors say the warning followed an incident in which an elderly local was tricked into depositing more than $23,000 of her savings. Martin’s message was aimed squarely at older residents who have been repeatedly targeted by impersonation scams that end at crypto kiosks.
As the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office later highlighted on X, Martin urged retirees to treat any surprise demand for cryptocurrency as a blazing red flag. The post pointed to a nearby Bitcoin Depot machine and said the office was sharing the warning after an older resident was defrauded…