A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for helping Adam Iza, a jailed crypto founder dubbed “The Godfather,” extort victims.

A California federal court handed Michael Coberg 63 months in prison and an order to pay $127,000 in restitution for helping Iza extort one of his rivals and arrange a drug possession arrest of another person, the Los Angeles US Attorney’s office said on Monday. 

Coberg had pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights.

Prosecutors said Coberg was paid at least $20,000 a month for his security services by Iza, the founder of the crypto trading platform Zort, who was known as “The…