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One LA Sheriff’s Deputy Charged, Another Pleads Guilty in Crypto ‘Godfather’ Case
The officers staged fake raids and used fraudulent warrants to track victims for "The Godfather's" criminal enterprise, prosecutors alleged.

In brief
Two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies have pleaded guilty to abusing their roles to stage fake raids and illegal arrests.
Federal prosecutors say the corruption ring centered on crypto entrepreneur Adam Iza, who called himself “The Godfather.”
One victim was held at gunpoint in Iza’s Bel Air mansion and forced to transfer $25,000.
Federal prosecutors in California have charged one Los Angeles deputy and secured a guilty plea from another over their roles in a civil rights conspiracy linked to a jailed crypto entrepreneur self-styled as “The Godfather.”