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Criminal cases involving cryptocurrency, including theft, fraud, extortion and violent robbery aimed at digital-asset holdings.

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Former detective who ran Adam Iza's guard firm gets 21 months for abusing his badge

Eric Chase Saavedra, the ex-LA sheriff's detective who ran Adam Iza's guard firm, got 21 months in prison, the last of five deputies sentenced. The case record shows Iza's roughly $100,000 a month also bought police database searches and a court warrant, a risk that comes with any security firm staffed by serving officers.

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