Former LA deputy pleads guilty to conspiracy charges – NBC Los Angeles

Former LA deputy pleads guilty to conspiracy charges – NBC Los Angeles

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Two former deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have pleaded or have agreed to plead guilty Monday to federal charges after abusing their police power to serve their off-duty clients, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

David Anthony Rodriguez, a 43-year-old from La Verne, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy against rights. Christopher Michael Cadman of Fullerton was charged and agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy against rights and subscribing to a false tax return.

After pleading guilty, 33-year-old Cadman will face up to 13 years in federal prison. His initial court appearance will be in the coming days, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday.

Among their clients was now-jailed Adam Iza, 24, a cryptocurrency businessman who called himself “The Godfather.” Iza allegedly hired deputies as “personal enforcers against his enemies,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in January, paying them thousands to pursue unlawful searches and arrests.

Iza, a Beverly Hills and Newport Beach resident, pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to one count of conspiracy against rights, a count of wire fraud and another count of tax evasion.

According to court documents, Cadman and a law enforcement officer, named as LASD Deputy 6, intimidated and threatened one of Iza’s adversaries in August 2021. The victim transferred approximately $25,000 to Iza’s bank account after being allegedly held at gunpoint by LASD Deputy 6.

Prosecutors said Cadman, along with other law enforcement officers, admitted in his plea agreement to organizing a traffic stop in Paramount a month later to arrest the same victim he previously threatened on Iza’s behalf.

Cadman also failed to report at least $40,500 on his 2021 federal tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He admitted to owing approximately $11,000 in federal taxes.

In a separate plea agreement and for a different client, Rodriguez admitted to lying to secure a court-authorized search warrant from a judge in order to track another victim’s cellphone through its GPS location.

Rodriguez, who was working as the client’s private security guard, reportedly shared the coordinates with co-conspirators, including LASD Dep. Eric Chase Saavedra. The deputies would then use information from the search warrant to harass, intimidate and threaten the victim, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. 

Saavedra is expected to be sentenced in the coming months, the office said.

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