$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison Terms
Summary
Two Texas brothers received 15-year prison sentences for holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint. The siblings forced the father to transfer over $8 million in digital assets during a violent hours-long robbery. This case stands as one of the most prominent prosecutions involving physical force used to steal cryptocurrency.
Raymond and Isiah Garcia held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than nine hours, forcing the father to transfer over $8 million in crypto, in one of the clearest “wrench attack” prosecutions yet.
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