US EditionFormer L.A. County Deputy Sentenced for Role in Cryptocurrency Extortion Scheme
Michael Coberg received 63 months in prison and $127,000 restitution for conspiring with Adam Iza to extort rivals using false arrests and intimidation tactics.
- On Monday, Michael Coberg, former LASD deputy, was sentenced to 63 months and ordered to pay $127,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson.
- The Justice Department says Coberg pleaded guilty in September 2025 to conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights, working as a private security partner and advisor for Adam Iza.
- Using a fake reconnection call, conspirators lured R.C. from Miami to Los Angeles International Airport, then drove him to buy drugs before an LASD deputy arrested him in Paramount while Coberg filmed in a black Cadillac Escalade.
- The LASD said Coberg 'separated' from the department on Sept. 4, 2025, and called his actions a clear violation of standards, with Judge Anderson stating they 'represent a profound abuse of governmental power.'
- Adam Iza has been in federal custody since September 2024 and pleaded guilty in January 2025, while prosecutors say he paid Coberg at least $20,000 per month.
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Ex-LASD Deputy Sentenced to Federal Prison in Side Hustle Extortion Scheme
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who helped a now-jailed crypto mogul extort a rival and then set up the false arrest of another of the businessman’s opponents was sentenced Monday to five years, three months in federal prison. Michael Coberg, 44, of Eastvale in the Inland Empire, was also ordered by U.S. […]
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