Love Island winner Davide Sanclimenti’s girlfriend has been jailed for 18 months after failing to declare millions of dollars in income on her tax returns.
Iris Rabaya Au, 37, received more than $2.6million (£1.95million) linked to illicit funds generated by her ex-partner Adam Iza, who dubbed himself “The Godfather”.
Au, from Orange County, California, US, was sentenced on 21 September after pleading guilty in March to one count of subscribing to a false tax return, as reported by Need To Know.
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As well as her prison sentence, the mum-of-two was ordered to pay $1.4million (£1million) in restitution.
She has also been forced to forfeit assets including luxury cars, designer handbags and three “Godfather” sculptures.
United States District Judge Percy Anderson handed down the sentence.
Au is currently in a relationship with Italian reality star Sanclimenti, 30, who won Love Island in 2022.
The couple went public with their romance in January 2025 and Sanclimenti has vowed to stand by his girlfriend.
Before meeting the reality star, Au was in a relationship with crypto fraudster Iza, 26.
Iza has been in custody since 2024 and has admitted a series of offences.
Prosecutors said Au created shell businesses and opened bank accounts in the names of those companies at Iza’s direction.
They said illicit funds placed into the accounts were used to pay around $1million (£750,000), mostly in cash, to serving Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies who provided private security for Iza.
Prosecutors said Iza also used deputies to obtain court-authorised search warrants and confidential information targeting people with whom he had financial and personal disputes.
The funds were also allegedly used to buy or lease luxury properties, cars, jewellery and clothing and bankroll recreational spending.
Authorities said Iza acquired around $16million (£12million) in cryptocurrency.
More than $2.6million (£1.9million) was transferred from various accounts into Au’s personal bank accounts between 2020 and 2023.
Prosecutors said she wilfully failed to declare the income to the Internal Revenue Service on her tax returns.
They stated: “Au set up the financial infrastructure that enabled Adam Iza to move, spend, and conceal millions of dollars in fraud proceeds while she personally benefited from the wealth.
“Au concealed entities and income from her tax preparer and filed returns reporting only a small fraction of what she had actually received.
“Those were affirmative acts designed to prevent the IRS from learning the true extent of her income.”
Iza pleaded guilty in January 2025 to one count of conspiracy against rights, one count of wire fraud, and one count of tax evasion.
He is due to appear in court on 5 October.
Iza is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence over his involvement in an attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping in Connecticut in August 2024.
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