Overview

• David Anthony Rodriguez pleaded guilty July 14 to one count of conspiracy against rights for lying to obtain a search warrant that tracked a victim’s GPS location for a private security client.
• Christopher Michael Cadman agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy against rights and subscribing to a false tax return after he admitted fabricating warrants and failing to report more than $40,500 in illicit income from off-duty security work.
• Both deputies were employed by Adam Iza, the self-styled “Godfather” of cryptocurrency who pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy against rights, wire fraud and tax evasion.
• Prosecutors allege the deputies used gunpoint threats and staged traffic stops to coerce victims into payments and shared warrant-obtained data with co-conspirators.
• Rodriguez and Cadman await sentencing hearings later this year as the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation continue probing the wider network of off-duty LASD deputies and private security operations.