Warren Buffett's Berkshire warns about crypto website using its name

FILE PHOTO: Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc, run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Friday warned investors it has no affiliation with a purported cryptocurrency brokerage website using the Berkshire Hathaway name.

The website describes its operator as a Texas-based broker founded in 2020 to give investors "an opportunity to achieve a completely passive income from investment in cryptocurrency mining."