Bitcoin Rodney hit with expanded charges in $1.8B HyperFund crypto scam
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 cryptocurrency scam, according to federal prosecutors.
Burton is now facing 11 federal counts, according to a superseding indictment brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, which covers the following: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, seven counts of money laundering, and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Cryptocurrency services have suffered nearly $3 billion in theft so far in 2025, making this year already more devastating than the entirety…
