Rodney Burton, a Miami-based cryptocurrency promoter known online as “Bitcoin Rodney,” has faced a significantly expanded federal indictment in connection with his alleged role in a $1.8 billion ...

HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a global wire-fraud scheme. Promoter “Bitcoin Rodney” pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy ...

Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. A 56-year-old Florida resident has pleaded ...

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The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against two people and the guilty plea of a third person for orchestrating a $1.9 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme known as HyperFund. The ...

A Florida man known online as "Bitcoin Rodney" pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore this week to conspiring to run an unlicensed money transmitting business tied to a $1.8 billion ...

In a significant crackdown on cryptocurrency fraud, the DOJ and SEC have targeted the HyperFund scheme, unveiling a complex web of deceit and financial manipulation that spanned over two years and ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against HyperFund and its principles alleging a $1.7 billion “Crypto Pyramid scheme.” By early 2022, investors were said not to able to ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission, in a related civil action, charged two of those individuals for their involvement in the alleged crypto pyramid scheme, which collapsed in 2022. The three ...