Prosecutors say the defendants threatened a man and his family during a bogus raid, demanded $37 million and forced him to sign away the rights to his business.
LOS ANGELES — Two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and two former foreign military officials have been charged with threatening a Chinese national and his family with violence and deportation during a sham raid at his Orange County home five years ago, federal prosecutors said Monday.
The four men also demanded $37 million and the rights to the man’s business, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Authorities have not released the businessman’s name.
The men were arraigned Monday on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion, conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law. All pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors said the group drove to the victim’s house in Irvine on June 17, 2019, and …