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Crypto ATMs used in 'staggering' number of crimes: top Australian financial-crime official

( August 22, 2025, 02:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Cryptocurrency Taskforce of Australia’s financial-crime watchdog has led Australian police forces to contact 90 individuals linked to cryptocurrency money scams, either as victims or as “money mules” coerced into moving dirty money through crypto ATMs, according to the enforcer’s top official. In a speech, Australian Transactions and Analysis Centre CEO Brendan Thomas said that the regulator had been using its legal powers to gain detained transaction information from crypto ATMs, identifying “staggering” numbers of the ATMs being used in criminal activity. Thomas made the speech at the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers Conference 20205.  The full speech from Austrac CEO Brendan Thomas follows: ...

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