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Miami Man Known as Bitcoin Rodney Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Billion Crypto Fraud

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Bitcoin Rodney pleads guilty to promoting a $1.8B HyperFund scheme, pocketing $7.85M personally.



HyperFund promised 0.5 to 1% daily returns from fake mining operations before blocking withdrawals.



FBI reports crypto fraud cost Americans $11B in 2025 across more than 180,000 complaints filed.




Rodney Burton, 56, of Miami, known online as Bitcoin Rodney, pleaded guilty in federal court in Maryland to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business connected to a $1.8 billi

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