A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Eric Saavedra, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for using law enforcement databases to help a crypto industry figure carry out an extortion scheme, according to BlockBeats. The court also ordered Saavedra to pay $90,984 in restitution. Separately, he had previously been accused of concealing $373,100 in income and failing to report that income to the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS. The case ties misuse of official law enforcement resources to criminal conduct involving a person from the crypto sector. The report did not provide more details on the extortion plan or identify the crypto industry individual involved.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Eric Saavedra has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after using law enforcement databases to help a crypto industry figure carry out an extortion scheme, according to BlockBeats on Sept. 29.
The court also ordered him to pay $90,984 in restitution. Earlier, Saavedra had been accused of concealing $373,100 in income and failing to report that income to the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS.
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