Marc Grens, president of Chicago-based bitcoin ATM operator DigitalMint, said the report's findings mirror what his company discovered when it investigated where some crypto transactions ended up. The New Jersey commission's report found more than $70 million deposited for cryptocurrency purchases in the state between 20. "It seems like it's very simple because a lot of these machines aren't collecting information on the person doing the transaction," she said. A 2020 DEA report warned the ATMs can "aid in the movement of illicit bulk currency."Ĭriminals appear to have an easy time exploiting the ATMs, Cialino told CNBC. Drug traffickers, money launderers and people trying to get unwitting victims to send money to a crypto wallet have employed the machines. That's alarming to law enforcement officials, who told CNBC that the ATMs are being used for a wide range of criminal activity. "Some require no identifying information at all." "Many machines permit near anonymity on purchases of up to $900 worth of cryptocurrency by allowing users to provide only a cellphone number," the commission's report said. However, an investigation by the New Jersey commission released earlier this year found actual regulation was lax, which is similar to many states. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. "The most alarming thing is that there are owners and operators of these machines that truly know nothing about what they should be doing under the Bank Secrecy Act."īitcoin ATM operators are required to register with the U.S. "There are scams, there's fraud," said Lisa Cialino, counsel for the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation. One state has recently targeted the lack of oversight of the machines.
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