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Cryptocurrency ATMs of unknown origin have sprouted up in gas stations, ma-and-pa stores and other sites across Mexico over the past year, giving cartels a new, viable path to access the financial system, investigators familiar with the matter told ACAMS moneylaundering.com. The ATMs, also called "convertible virtual-currency kiosks," exchange cash for cryptocurrency in Mexico, which, like the U.S., views the parties that operate them as virtual assets service providers, or VASPs, who must register with the Banking and Securities Commission, or CNBV, or Tax Administration Service, or SAT, and have systems in place to identify their customers. Mexico also requires CVC-kiosk...