Consumer Group Puts US Crypto Fraud at $80.7 Billion, Seven Times the Reported Figure
Cryptocurrency accounted for more than half of all scam and cybercrime losses reported to the FBI in the United States last year, according to a new report from the Consumer Federation of Ame
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August 2, 2026
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Cryptocurrency accounted for more than half of all scam and cybercrime losses reported to the FBI in the United States last year, according to a new report from the Consumer Federation of America, which puts the estimated true cost of crypto fraud at $80.7 billion for 2025.
The reported figure and the estimated one are very different numbers, and the gap between them is worth understanding before the larger one gets repeated.
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