Former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Eric Saavedra has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after using a law enforcement database to help a crypto businessman carry out an extortion scheme, according to Odaily. Separately, Saavedra was also ordered to pay $91,000 in restitution after concealing $373,100 in income from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The case links misuse of official law enforcement resources with a criminal scheme involving a crypto-related figure, while the financial penalty addresses the undisclosed income cited in the report.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Eric Saavedra was sentenced to 21 months in prison after using a law enforcement database to help a crypto businessman carry out an extortion scheme, according to Odaily.
He was also ordered to pay $91,000 in restitution for concealing $373,100 in income from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
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