Crypto ‘Godfather,’ Detective Plead to Civil Rights Violations

Jan. 17, 2025, 9:17 PM UTC

A cryptocurrency businessman who dubbed himself “The Godfather” and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for violating victims’ civil rights via intimidation, extortion, illegal search warrants, and other abuses of police power, the Justice Department announced Friday.

According to the DOJ, Adam Iza hired off-duty LASD deputies to act as his personal enforcers against his enemies. As part of the conspiracy, Iza would have the deputies assist him in carrying out extortion, intimidation, setting people up for arrest, and abuse of legal process. One of the deputies Iza employed was ...

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