Former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Corrupt Cryptocurrency Figure to Extort and Falsely Arrest Rivals

A former deputy and helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) pleaded guilty today to federal conspiracy charges for helping a now-jailed, self-styled cryptocurrency businessman extort a rival and arrange the sham illegal drug possession arrest of another adversary in Paramount in 2021.

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