In brief
- Adam Iza, 26, was sentenced to 78 months and ordered to pay $23.4 million in restitution.
- Five former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies have been convicted over work they did for him.
- The term runs concurrent to the 15-year sentence he received last month over an attempted Bitcoin robbery.
Adam Iza, the 26-year-old who styled himself "The Godfather" and is already serving 15 years over an attempted Bitcoin robbery, has been sentenced to a further 78 months for hiring off-duty Los Angeles sheriff's deputies to harass people he was in dispute with, stealing more than $37 million from Meta, and hiding the proceeds with cryptocurrency custodians to evade tax.
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson also ordered him to pay $23,402,766 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said. Iza pleaded guilty in January 2025 to conspiracy against rights, wire fraud and tax evasion, and has been in custody since September 2024.
