Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

A KrebsOnSecurity article summarizes an FBI complaint and related civil suits alleging that Adam Iza (aka "Assad Faiq" / "The Godfather") operated a fraudulent crypto investment platform (Zort), misappropriated investor funds to live lavishly, paid and bribed LASD deputies to extort and intimidate rivals and former partners, and was connected to known cybercriminals (UGNazi members) and schemes that sold hacked Facebook ad accounts and leaked user data (linked to a Shopify/Ledger incident). The reporting highlights alleged thefts of large sums of cryptocurrency, physical intimidation enabled by corrupt law enforcement, and the broader emergence of "violence-as-a-service" within English-speaking cybercrime communities.