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 ...
The two founders of HyperFund have been accused of guaranteeing high returns to investors, despite the fact the company had ‘no real source of revenue’. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...
Federal prosecutors charged three individuals, including a Severna Park woman, with coordinating a $1.89 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme that falsely promised investors substantial returns. The ...
Federal court records unsealed Monday in Baltimore detail what prosecutors described as a $1.89 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme and charges against three people, including a former Severna Park, ...
From his home in New Zealand, the YouTuber Danny de Hek assails what he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme, one rant at a time. Danny de Hek advised his YouTube viewers that HyperFund was a ...
As was reported yesterday the founders and promoters of Hyperfund, an alleged $1.89 billion crypto fraud, face both a civil action by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as criminal charges ...
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Bitcoin Rodney charged in $1.8B crypto fraud

A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned a superseding indictment on December 12, 2025, charging Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton, 56, of Miami, Florida, and Prince George’s County, Maryland, with ...
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 ...
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 ...