Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Pocket Watching with JT/YouTube. A Miami crypto promoter known as "Bitcoin Rodney" has pleaded guilty in federal ...

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 Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Xue Samuel Lee, the co-founder of HyperFund, and Brenda Indah Chunga, also known as “Bitcoin Beautee,” the fund’s top promoter, for ...

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 ...

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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Law360 (June 18, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT) -- A Miami resident who goes by "Bitcoin Rodney" pled guilty to his role promoting a cryptocurrency fraud scheme that prosecutors alleged defrauded $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 ...