Crypto 'Godfather' Who Hired Cops To Extort Gets 6.5 Years

By Rae Ann Varona ( October 5, 2026, 11:38 PM EDT) -- A Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency businessman who called himself "The Godfather" was sentenced Monday to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay more than $23 million in restitution for getting Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to harass his enemies and for separately stealing from Meta, federal prosecutors announced....

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