{"id":58259,"date":"2025-01-18T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58259"},"modified":"2025-01-18T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:07:26","slug":"crypto-godfather-and-lasd-detective-agree-to-plead-guilty-to-violating-civil-rights-of-business-rivals-and-tax-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58259","title":{"rendered":"Crypto \u2018Godfather\u2019 and LASD Detective Agree to Plead Guilty  to Violating Civil Rights of Business Rivals and Tax Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9082013930MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9082013930MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">A cryptocurrency entrepreneur known as \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and a Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department (LASD) deputy have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, including their involvement in a conspiracy targeting multiple victims in Los Angeles, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9082013930MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">According to the Justice Department, the charges include violating civil rights through intimidation, extortion, illegal search warrants, and other abuses of police authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Adam Iza, 24, who lives in Beverly Hills and Newport Coast, was charged this week in a three-count case with conspiracy against rights, wire fraud, and tax evasion. He has been in federal custody since September 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"49fe553c-76b6-4221-9e48-b972b1529ca4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Eric Chase Saavedra, 41, of Chino, an LASD deputy and former federal task force officer, was charged with conspiracy against rights and filing a false tax return.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv9082013930MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhen law enforcement officers violate their oath, they betray not only the public but also the vast majority of officers who do the job the right way,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">\u201cMr. Iza\u2019s and Mr. Saavedra\u2019s relationship was little more than a thuggish partnership between a thief and a crooked cop,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher, IRS Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cThe public should be able to trust members of law enforcement, but Mr. Saavedra violated his oath for a payday. Mr. Iza stole from anyone he could and found a big payday by ripping off Meta so that he could afford to pay for Mr. Saavedra\u2019s corrupt protection and assistance.\u00a0 Unfortunately for both of them, money leaves trails and IRS Criminal Investigations.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1379 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal-300x276.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal-300x276.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to their plea agreements, Iza hired off-duty LASD deputies, including Saavedra, to act as enforcers against his enemies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">The conspiracy involved extortion, intimidation, false arrests, and abuse of legal processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Saavedra, an LASD deputy with the Operation Safe Streets Bureau, also served on the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"024d83e5-5a31-4b12-b127-c47f0abe2366\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Saavedra founded a private security company, Saavedra &amp; Associates LLC, which employed active LASD deputies and other law enforcement officers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">From August 2021 to March 2022, Iza, living in a Bel Air mansion, hired the company for 24\/7 security at a cost of $100,000 per month. He re-hired the company from July 2024 until his arrest in September 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e3f2b2dd-304b-4503-8c8e-7fa6081da2b9\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Starting in fall 2021, Saavedra illegally used his LASD credentials to access sensitive law enforcement databases, obtaining personal information about individuals Iza had disputes with, as well as their associates and family members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Saavedra, aware this was unauthorized, shared the information to impress Iza and secure lucrative business from him, according to court documents<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv9082013930MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Saavedra admitted to abusing his authority as a law enforcement officer to obtain improper search warrants for individuals Iza had disputes with. This included a warrant to search someone\u2019s home, which Saavedra helped arrange, and a warrant for location data that he obtained directly.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2749cfae-e58d-4b65-9caf-572ae1b64d6a\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">According to court documents, Iza, Saavedra, and others used confidential information from LASD deputies to locate, intimidate, harass, threaten, and extort individuals Iza had disputes with, as well as their associates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">They relied on encrypted apps like Telegram to evade detection<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cc1f7dcc-d8f7-4af3-ae0a-24db29ecf1f5\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">In late 2021 or early 2022, Iza, believing a victim had a laptop with over $100 million in cryptocurrency, agreed with Saavedra to obtain a search warrant for the victim\u2019s phone GPS location. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">In January 2022, Saavedra falsely applied for and received a warrant from a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. In the affidavit, Saavedra lied, claiming the victim\u2019s phone number was linked to a firearms investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6064c91a-4b27-43b3-bbd1-750a4ec4c7cf\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">After obtaining the illegal warrant, Saavedra tracked the victim down and gave Iza the victim&#8217;s address. In March 2022, Iza sent three armed individuals to break into the victim&#8217;s home to steal the laptop, but they fled after the victim fired a shot. Iza later sent the victim a video of the attempted robbery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">The documents also describe other violent acts, including an August 2021 incident where two LASD deputies held a victim at gunpoint in Iza&#8217;s home, leading to a $25,000 transfer from the victim\u2019s account to Iza\u2019s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">In October 2021, Iza held another victim at gunpoint, forcing a $127,000 transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Iza also admitted to stealing over $37 million by fraudulently accessing Meta Platforms Inc.&#8217;s business manager accounts and lines of credit from 2020 to 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Both Iza and Saavedra admitted to federal tax crimes in their plea agreements. Iza deliberately avoided paying about $6.77 million in federal income taxes for 2021. Saavedra received around $373,146 in unreported income and filed a false tax return for 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A cryptocurrency entrepreneur known as \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and a Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department (LASD) deputy have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, including their involvement in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crypto \u2018Godfather\u2019 and LASD Detective Agree to Plead Guilty to Violating Civil Rights of 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