These are like 80 year old ladies withdrawing large amounts in cash, making up some story (e.g. the money is to pay for a home renovation) as they are coached by the scammers.

Sure, they should be given their money in a perfect world, but we do live in a world where financial institutions are required to take steps to protect elderly customers. In any case, if this burden exists, it should not be entirely shifted to a Bitcoin ATM operator.

The real issue here is that any sort of age-related "discrimination" isn't allowed. All you would have to do to solve these problems is just force stricter requirements on elderly people, but that's not acceptable, so instead they'll restrict a 30 year old's ability to use a Bitcoin ATM because 80 year old ladies are getting scammed.

These are like 80 year old ladies withdrawing large amounts in cash, making up some story (e.g. the money is to pay for a home renovation) as they are coached by the scammers.

Sure, they should be given their money in a perfect world, but we do live in a world where financial institutions are required to take steps to protect elderly customers.

The real issue here is that any sort of age-related "discrimination" isn't allowed. All you would have to do to solve these problems is just force stricter requirements on elderly people, but that's not acceptable, so instead they'll restrict a 30 year old's ability to use a Bitcoin ATM because 80 year old ladies are getting scammed.