TechFlow News, July 14: According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) deputy Scott Allen Simpkins (34 years old) was sentenced by a federal court on July 13 to 18 months in prison and fined $10,000 for obstructing a judicial investigation.
Simpkins was previously employed by a private security company under businessman Adam Iza, who calls himself the "godfather" of cryptocurrency, and in August 2021 personally witnessed Iza threaten party planner R.C. with bullets at his Bel Air mansion, forcing him to transfer $25,000. During the federal investigation in November 2024, Simpkins lied multiple times to the FBI and federal prosecutors, claiming he did not witness the ammunition and financial transactions, thereby interfering with the criminal investigation into Iza.
Iza has currently pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, including conspiracy to violate rights, wire fraud, tax evasion, and suspected kidnapping and robbery of Bitcoin, among others, and is awaiting sentencing. This case was jointly investigated by the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division.
