HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a global wire-fraud scheme. Promoter “Bitcoin

A Miami-based man who went by the name “Bitcoin Rodney” pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors said was a massive global fraud.

Rodney Burton, known as Bitcoin Rodney, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the $1.89 billion HyperFund crypto fraud scheme. Sentencing is set for July