Wu Shuo has learned that Michael David Coberg, a former deputy sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $127,000 in restitution for assisting a cryptocurrency scam operator in extorting a business rival and planning a false arrest. Prosecutors stated that the officer assisted fraudster Adam Iza in forcing victims to transfer funds through armed threats and plotted to lure another victim to Los Angeles to execute a fabricated drug arrest. The case was investigated by the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Wu Shuo has learned that Michael David Coberg, a former deputy sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $127,000 in restitution for assisting a cryptocurrency scam operator in extorting a business rival and planning a false arrest. Prosecutors stated that the officer assisted fraudster Adam Iza in forcing victims to transfer funds through armed threats and plotted to lure another victim to Los Angeles to execute a fabricated drug arrest. The case was investigated by the FBI and the Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.