{"id":2149,"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\/pt\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Homem da Florida admite culpa por promover fraude cripto HyperFund de 1,8 mil milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#666\"><em>Este artigo \u00e9 apenas para fins informativos e n\u00e3o constitui aconselhamento financeiro ou de investimento. Os mercados de criptomoedas s\u00e3o altamente vol\u00e1teis. Fa\u00e7a sempre a sua pr\u00f3pria pesquisa antes de tomar qualquer decis\u00e3o de investimento.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Rodney Burton, o influenciador de <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/2026\/06\/major-crypto-exchanges-cancel-spacex-ipo-allocations-refunds-follow\/\" rel=\"noopener\">crypto<\/a> baseado na Fl\u00f3rida, conhecido como \u201cBitcoin Rodney,\u201d declarou-se culpado a 15 de junho de 2026, de acusa\u00e7\u00f5es de conspira\u00e7\u00e3o relacionadas a um alegado esquema de fraude em criptomoedas de $1.8 bilh\u00f5es, de acordo com a <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/371420\/florida-man-bitcoin-rodney-pleads-guilty-1-8-billion-crypto-fraud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cobertura da Decrypt<\/a>. Burton admitiu ter gerido um neg\u00f3cio de transmiss\u00e3o de dinheiro n\u00e3o licenciado relacionado ao HyperFund, uma plataforma que prometia retornos di\u00e1rios irreais gerados por opera\u00e7\u00f5es de minera\u00e7\u00e3o de criptomoedas inexistentes. A sua senten\u00e7a est\u00e1 agendada para 23 de julho de 2026, com uma pena de pris\u00e3o potencial de at\u00e9 cinco anos.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>HyperFund, que tamb\u00e9m era conhecido como HyperVerse, HyperTech e HyperCapital, operou de junho de 2020 at\u00e9 o final de 2022. Atra\u00eda investidores prometendo retornos passivos di\u00e1rios entre 0.5% e 1%, alegadamente de minera\u00e7\u00e3o em larga escala que nunca existiu, relata a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/rodney-burton-guilty-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crypto Briefing<\/a>. O esquema utilizou t\u00e1ticas pesadas de marketing multin\u00edvel, incentivando os investidores a recrutar outros e impulsionar um crescimento exponencial. Em julho de 2021, o HyperFund parou de permitir retiradas, colapsando o sistema e aprisionando bilh\u00f5es em dinheiro de investidores. As perdas reportadas chegam perto de $1.89 bilh\u00f5es, tornando-se um dos esquemas Ponzi mais significativos na recente <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/2026\/06\/morpho-secures-175m-funding-highlighting-crypto-vc-investment-trends\/\" rel=\"noopener\">hist\u00f3ria<\/a> das criptomoedas, de acordo com a <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\">Papel do promotor e consequ\u00eancias legais<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Burton desempenhou um papel fundamental como promotor, usando a sua persona \u201cBitcoin Rodney\u201d para recrutar agressivamente investidores para o HyperFund. Embora n\u00e3o seja o arquiteto do esquema\u2014Sam Lee continua identificado como co-fundador e ainda est\u00e1 em fuga\u2014Burton ajudou a expandir o seu alcance, de acordo com a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/rodney-burton-guilty-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crypto Briefing<\/a>. Os promotores ampliaram as acusa\u00e7\u00f5es contra Burton em dezembro de 2025 para incluir conspira\u00e7\u00e3o para cometer fraude eletr\u00f3nica, duas contagens de fraude eletr\u00f3nica e sete contagens de lavagem de dinheiro, refletindo a grande extens\u00e3o da atividade criminosa envolvida. Embora Burton afirme que foi enganado por Lee e agiu de boa f\u00e9, os promotores alegam que ele gastou ganhos il\u00edcitos em itens de luxo, como condom\u00ednios e ve\u00edculos.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compara\u00e7\u00f5es com fraudes em criptomoedas anteriores<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>O caso HyperFund ofusca muitos esquemas de fraude em criptomoedas not\u00f3rios, tanto em escala como em impacto financeiro. Com cerca de $1.89 bilh\u00f5es em perdas alegadas, ocupa o segundo lugar, logo atr\u00e1s da fraude BitConnect, que supostamente envolveu $2.4 bilh\u00f5es, nota a Crypto Briefing. A longevidade e o alcance do HyperFund, combinados com as suas extensas t\u00e1ticas de marketing multin\u00edvel, destacam-no de outros esquemas que atingiram o pico durante o mercado em alta de criptomoedas de 2021. Os promotores federais j\u00e1 tinham acusado outros dois indiv\u00edduos ligados ao esquema em janeiro de 2024, enfatizando a ampla investiga\u00e7\u00e3o. Brenda Chunga, outra promotora baseada em Maryland, declarou-se culpada e agora aguarda a senten\u00e7a marcada para 29 de junho de 2026, de acordo com o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gncrypto.news\/news\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-1-8b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">relat\u00f3rio da Gncrypto<\/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\">Pr\u00f3ximo julgamento e contexto legal mais amplo<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>O juiz do distrito Richard D. Bennett supervisionar\u00e1 o julgamento agendado para 23 de julho de 2026, conforme relatado pela Decrypt.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 medida que as fraudes em criptomoedas se tornam mais complexas, casos como o HyperFund sublinham a necessidade de dilig\u00eancia e uma supervis\u00e3o regulat\u00f3ria mais rigorosa. As enormes perdas financeiras do HyperFund suscitaram apelos por prote\u00e7\u00f5es mais claras para os investidores e regras de licenciamento mais estritas dentro do espa\u00e7o das criptomoedas. Os investidores devem estar atentos, especialmente a promessas de retornos garantidos\u2014os riscos e consequ\u00eancias s\u00e3o muito reais, como demonstra a confiss\u00e3o de culpa de Burton. O Congresso finalizou recentemente uma <a href=\"https:\/\/stnews.live\/2026\/06\/congress-finalizes-housing-legislation-cbdc-prohibition-until-2030\/\" rel=\"noopener\">legisla\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> habitacional que inclui uma proibi\u00e7\u00e3o de CBDC at\u00e9 2030, refletindo as mudan\u00e7as regulat\u00f3rias em curso que afetam os ativos digitais, de acordo com a Decrypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homem da Florida admite culpa por promover fraude cripto HyperFund de $1,8 mil milh\u00f5es, um grande esquema de criptomoedas nos EUA, com senten\u00e7a marcada para julho de 2026.<\/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],"tags":[27],"class_list":{"0":"post-2149","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":"tag-bitcoin"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Homem da Florida admite culpa por promover fraude\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\/pt\/2026\/06\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-promoting-18b-hyperfund-crypto-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homem da Florida admite culpa por promover fraude cripto HyperFund de 1,8 mil milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares | 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\/pt\/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\\\/pt\\\/#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\\\/pt\\\/\",\"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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