A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who conspired with a cryptocurrency magnate to extort and falsely arrest rivals was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison.

Michael David Coberg, who was a deputy and Sheriff’s Department helicopter pilot at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights.

“These actions represent a profound abuse of governmental power,” U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson said during Coberg’s sentencing hearing Monday afternoon. “There are serious consequences when you choose to ignore the law you swore to uphold.”

Anderson sentenced Coberg to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Coberg’s attorney…