A former Los Angeles County deputy sheriff has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice, according to a Techub News brief citing CryptoBriefing. Prosecutors said the former officer made false statements during an investigation into the founder of crypto trading platform Zort, who is accused in a $37 million fraud case. The founder, described in the report as the "crypto godfather," was also accused of using the Zort platform to carry out the fraud and of hiring off-duty police officers to assist criminal activity. The same report said he has been in custody since September 2024. It added that he pleaded guilty in June 2026 in connection with a Bitcoin-related kidnapping and robbery case in Connecticut. The case has already led to another sentence for a separate former deputy sheriff, who was previously given 63 months in prison for involvement tied to the matter.
A former Los Angeles County deputy sheriff was sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice, according to Techub News, which cited CryptoBriefing. Prosecutors said he made false statements during an investigation into the founder of crypto trading platform Zort in a $37 million fraud case.
The founder, referred to in the report as the “crypto godfather,” was accused of carrying out fraud through the Zort platform and of hiring off-duty police officers for criminal activity. The report said he has been held since September 2024 and pleaded guilty in June 2026 in a Bitcoin kidnapping and robbery case in Connecticut.
Another former deputy sheriff had already been sentenced to 63 months in prison over the case.
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