That is no way justifies cops extra judicially breaking into ATM machines to seize the cash. Imagine if someone filed a criminal complaint about something a bank did and when the cops got a search warrant for the case they drive up to the outside ATM or go to the bank vault, break into it by force using power tools, seized all the cash inside, and then told the bank they have to file a case with the state in order to prove the money is legitimate and they own it instead of the state because some disgruntled person claimed they got scammed.

And here comes the obligatory "crypto scam, bad" troglodyte who can't say or think of anything about cryptocurrency with the least bit of nuance for how laws, basic financial definitions or practical use cases work.

Why not specify how people using their own money to set up an ATM that dispenses cash for crypto to those willing to exchange one or the other with their OWN money is a scam. Bitcoin itself is also a scam you say? Pray tell, how? By existing as a decentralized cryptographic system of fungible units that the market in general ascribes shifting value to and people happen to be able to exchange? Well shit, that sounds similar to many things that most of the world uses for economic exchange. They're all scams too?

Why not at least argue something semi-coherent?

Nope, but it is sometimes how police respond to tips where they can quickly snatch up some sweet, sweet immediate cash for that "confiscated proceeds of crime" trove that many departments have.

It's a win-win overall: look like you're actually being tough on crime while getting away with theft. A quick look at the long history of asset forfeiture laws in the U.S is loaded with related examples.

I assure you that they almost universally wouldn't be so pro-active if you complained about your stolen car.