Promoter “Bitcoin Rodney” pleads guilty in $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud case
Rodney Burton, known as “Bitcoin Rodney,” pleaded guilty on June 16 in federal court over his role in the $1.8 billion HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud. He admitted to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced the plea alongside IRS-CI and HSI officials.