{"id":2147,"date":"2026-06-18T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stnews.live\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:09:59","slug":"florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida-Mann gesteht, $1,8 Milliarden HyperFund-Krypto-Betrug gef\u00f6rdert zu haben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#666\"><em>Dieser Artikel dient nur zu Informationszwecken und stellt keine finanzielle oder investitionstechnische Beratung dar. Die Kryptow\u00e4hrungsm\u00e4rkte sind \u00e4u\u00dferst volatil. F\u00fchren Sie immer Ihre eigenen Recherchen durch, bevor Sie Investitionsentscheidungen treffen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Rodney Burton, der in Florida ans\u00e4ssige <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/major-crypto-exchanges-cancel-spacex-ipo-allocations-refunds-follow\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Krypto<\/a>-Influencer, der als \u201eBitcoin Rodney\u201c bekannt ist, bekannte sich am 15. Juni 2026 schuldig zu Verschw\u00f6rungsvorw\u00fcrfen im Zusammenhang mit einem angeblichen Kryptow\u00e4hrungsbetrugsschema in H\u00f6he von 1,8 Milliarden US-Dollar, so <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/371420\/florida-man-bitcoin-rodney-pleads-guilty-1-8-billion-crypto-fraud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decrypts Berichterstattung<\/a>. Burton gab zu, ein nicht lizenziertes Geld\u00fcbertragungsunternehmen im Zusammenhang mit HyperFund betrieben zu haben, einer Plattform, die unrealistische t\u00e4gliche Renditen aus nicht existierenden Krypto-Mining-Operationen versprach. Seine Verurteilung ist f\u00fcr den 23. Juli 2026 angesetzt, mit einer m\u00f6glichen Haftstrafe von bis zu f\u00fcnf Jahren.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>HyperFund, das auch unter den Namen HyperVerse, HyperTech und HyperCapital bekannt war, betrieb seine Gesch\u00e4fte von Juni 2020 bis Ende 2022. Es zog Investoren an, indem es t\u00e4gliche passive Renditen zwischen 0,5 % und 1 % versprach, angeblich aus gro\u00dfangelegtem Mining, das tats\u00e4chlich nie existierte, berichtet <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/rodney-burton-guilty-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crypto Briefing<\/a>. Das Schema verwendete aggressive Multi-Level-Marketing-Taktiken, um Investoren zu ermutigen, andere zu rekrutieren und exponentielles Wachstum voranzutreiben. Bis Juli 2021 h\u00f6rte HyperFund auf, Abhebungen zuzulassen, was das System zum Zusammenbruch brachte und Milliarden von Investorengeldern einfing. Die gemeldeten Verluste belaufen sich auf fast 1,89 Milliarden US-Dollar, was es zu einem der bedeutendsten Ponzi-Schemata in der j\u00fcngeren <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/morpho-secures-175m-funding-highlighting-crypto-vc-investment-trends\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Krypto<\/a>-Geschichte macht, so <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/371420\/florida-man-bitcoin-rodney-pleads-guilty-1-8-billion-crypto-fraud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decrypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rolle des Promoters und rechtliche Konsequenzen<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Burton spielte eine Schl\u00fcsselrolle als Promoter und nutzte seine Persona \u201eBitcoin Rodney\u201c, um aggressiv Investoren f\u00fcr HyperFund zu rekrutieren. Obwohl er nicht der Architekt des Schemas ist \u2013 Sam Lee wird weiterhin als Mitbegr\u00fcnder identifiziert und ist noch auf der Flucht \u2013 half Burton, dessen Reichweite zu erweitern, so <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/rodney-burton-guilty-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crypto Briefing<\/a>. Die Staatsanw\u00e4lte erweiterten Burtons Anklagen im Dezember 2025 um die Verschw\u00f6rung zur Begehung von Betrug mit elektronischen \u00dcberweisungen, zwei Anklagen wegen Betrugs mit elektronischen \u00dcberweisungen und sieben Anklagen wegen Geldw\u00e4sche, was den gro\u00dfen Umfang der kriminellen Aktivit\u00e4ten widerspiegelt. Obwohl Burton behauptet, von Lee betrogen worden zu sein und in gutem Glauben gehandelt zu haben, werfen die Staatsanw\u00e4lte ihm vor, unrechtm\u00e4\u00dfig erworbene Gewinne f\u00fcr Luxusartikel wie Eigentumswohnungen und Fahrzeuge ausgegeben zu haben.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vergleiche mit fr\u00fcheren Krypto-Betr\u00fcgereien<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Der Fall HyperFund \u00fcbertrifft viele notorische Krypto-Betr\u00fcgereien sowohl in Bezug auf das Ausma\u00df als auch auf die finanziellen Auswirkungen. Mit etwa 1,89 Milliarden US-Dollar an angeblichen Verlusten rangiert er nur hinter dem BitConnect-Betrug, der Berichten zufolge 2,4 Milliarden US-Dollar umfasste, so <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/rodney-burton-guilty-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crypto Briefing<\/a>. Die Langlebigkeit und der Umfang von HyperFund, kombiniert mit seinen umfangreichen Multi-Level-Marketing-Taktiken, heben es von anderen Betr\u00fcgereien ab, die w\u00e4hrend des Krypto-Bullenmarktes 2021 ihren H\u00f6hepunkt erreichten. Bundesstaatsanw\u00e4lte hatten bereits im Januar 2024 zwei weitere Personen, die mit dem Schema in Verbindung standen, angeklagt und damit die umfassende Untersuchung betont. Brenda Chunga, eine weitere in Maryland ans\u00e4ssige Promoterin, bekannte sich schuldig und wartet nun auf die f\u00fcr den 29. Juni 2026 angesetzte Verurteilung, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gncrypto.news\/news\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-1-8b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gncryptos Bericht<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bevorstehender Prozess und breiterer rechtlicher Kontext<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Richter Richard D. Bennett wird den f\u00fcr den 23. Juli 2026 angesetzten Prozess leiten, wie von Decrypt berichtet.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Da Krypto-Betr\u00fcgereien komplexer werden, unterstreichen F\u00e4lle wie HyperFund die Notwendigkeit von Sorgfaltspflichten und strengerer regulatorischer Aufsicht. Die enormen finanziellen Verluste von HyperFund haben Forderungen nach klareren Anlegerschutzma\u00dfnahmen und strengeren Lizenzierungsregeln im Krypto-Bereich ausgel\u00f6st. Investoren m\u00fcssen vorsichtig sein, insbesondere bei Versprechungen, die garantierte Renditen versprechen \u2013 die Risiken und Konsequenzen sind sehr real, wie Burtons Schuldbekenntnis zeigt. Der Kongress hat k\u00fcrzlich eine <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/congress-finalizes-housing-legislation-cbdc-prohibition-until-2030\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gesetzgebung<\/a> zur Wohnungsbaupolitik finalisiert, die ein CBDC-Verbot bis 2030 umfasst und damit die laufenden regulatorischen Ver\u00e4nderungen widerspiegelt, die digitale Verm\u00f6genswerte betreffen, so Decrypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ein Mann aus Florida bekennt sich schuldig, $1,8 Milliarden HyperFund-Krypto-Betrug gef\u00f6rdert zu haben, ein gro\u00dfer US-Krypto-Betrug mit einer Verurteilung, die f\u00fcr Juli 2026 angesetzt ist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B \u2018HyperFund\u2019 crypto fraud","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud, a major US crypto scam with sentencing set July 2026.","rank_math_description":"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud, a major US crypto scam with sentencing set July 2026.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B \u2018HyperFund\u2019 crypto fraud","_stn_article_citation":"","_stn_article_about":"","_stn_article_speakable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,209,212,215,218,215,218,9],"tags":[27],"class_list":{"0":"post-2147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-bitcoin","7":"category-bitcoin-es","8":"category-bitcoin-de","9":"category-bitcoin-fr","10":"category-bitcoin-pt","13":"category-mining","14":"tag-bitcoin"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida-Mann gesteht, $1,8 Milliarden\u2026 | STnews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud, a major US crypto scam with sentencing set July 2026.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida-Mann gesteht, $1,8 Milliarden HyperFund-Krypto-Betrug gef\u00f6rdert zu haben | STnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud, a major US crypto scam with sentencing set July 2026.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/de\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"STnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-18T09:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elena Petrova\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/app\/uploads\/stn-default-og.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/epetrova_law\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@stnews_live\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elena Petrova\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"NewsMediaOrganization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stnews.live\\\/de\\\/#organization\\\/\",\"name\":\"STnews\",\"alternateName\":[\"ST News\",\"STnews\",\"stnews.live\",\"STnews.live\",\"STN\",\"S T News\",\"\u0421\u0422\u043d\u044c\u044e\u0441\",\"\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30fc\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\",\"\u0625\u0633 \u062a\u064a \u0646\u064a\u0648\u0632\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stnews.live\\\/de\\\/\",\"description\":\"STnews is an independent digital crypto-news platform covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, DeFi, regulatory developments, and on-chain intelligence in 8 languages. 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