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BackOrange County Woman to be Sentenced for Tax Evasion Linked to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
Orange County Woman to be Sentenced for Tax Evasion Linked to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
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Orange County Woman to be Sentenced for Tax Evasion Linked to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

Iris Ramaya Au faces up to three years in prison for failing to report $2.6 million in illicit funds from ex-boyfriend Adam Iza

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  • Iris Ramaya Au, 36, is set for sentencing Monday after pleading guilty to filing a false tax return.
  • She failed to report $2.6 million in funds linked to the cryptocurrency fraud operation of her former partner, Adam Iza, who is currently incarcerated.

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Adam Iza is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for a separate 2024 kidnapping and robbery case. He previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges.

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An Orange County woman who previously dated a cryptocurrency fraud defendant known as “The Godfather” is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday for failing to report more than $2.6 million obtained through her former partner's criminal operation.

Iris Ramaya Au, 36, of Irvine, entered a guilty plea in a Los Angeles federal court in March 2025 for filing a false tax return.

Her plea agreement indicates that from 2020 through 2024, her ex-boyfriend Adam Iza engaged in a series of crimes.

These included fraudulently securing access to lines of credit and advertising accounts provided by Facebook Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., and subsequently selling access to those accounts. Iza generated millions of dollars in unreported income through the scheme.

Iza, 26, previously of Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, pleaded guilty in January 2025 to federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and tax evasion.

He is expected to be sentenced in downtown Los Angeles next month and is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for his role in an August 2024 attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping in Connecticut.

Following Iza's instructions, Au established shell corporations and opened bank accounts for those entities. Court documents show she then used illicit funds from those accounts to pay roughly $1 million to now-former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies whom Iza had corrupted.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the funds were also spent on acquiring or leasing luxury real estate, automobiles, jewelry, and clothing, along with nearly $10 million in recreational activities for herself and Iza. Another $16 million was used to purchase cryptocurrency for Iza.

Au acknowledged in her plea deal that she moved more than $2.6 million from the entity accounts into her personal bank accounts between 2020 and 2023, failing to declare the income on her federal tax returns.

Federal prosecutors said she faces up to three years in federal prison at her hearing.

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PeopleIris Ramaya AuAdam Iza
OrganizationsU.S. Attorney's OfficeFacebook Inc.Meta Platforms Inc.Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
PlacesOrange CountyIrvineLos AngelesBeverly Hills
Topicscryptocurrency fraudadam izairis ramaya aulos angelesmoney laundering
This article was originally published by The Independent World.

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