Former LASD deputy Scott Simpkins gets 18 months in prison for obstructing the federal probe into crypto figure Adam Iza's alleged extortion scheme

$100,000 a month bought Iza more than bodyguards: [DOJ says](https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/crypto-godfather-and-lasd-detective-agree-plead-guilty-violating-civil-rights-business) the deputy-run firm’s founder used LASD databases and warrants under false pretenses, then paid Simpkins and Cadman roughly 10% of the contract’s first-month profit. [Iza’s June 1 Hobbs Act plea](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/california-man-admits-role-attempted-robbery-danbury) tied the same off-chain enforcement playbook to an attempted kidnapping aimed at Bitcoin from a 4,100 BTC heist valued at $263 million.

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