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Texas brothers get 15 years for armed crypto robbery and kidnapping

Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia were sentenced to 180 and 186 months for holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and taking more than $8m in cryptocurrency.

Why it matters: Wrench attacks are rising sharply, with home invasions up from one to 20 in a year, making physical coercion a growing risk for crypto holders.

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Key points

  • Raymond Christian Garcia received 180 months and Isiah Angelo Garcia 186 months, sentenced on 29 October by US District Judge Donovan W. Frank.
  • The brothers zip-tied a family in Grant, Minnesota, for more than nine hours on 19 Sept 2025 and forced a victim to obtain crypto worth over $8m.

Two Texas brothers have been sentenced over an armed crypto robbery and kidnapping in Minnesota, Cointelegraph reports. US District Judge Donovan W. Frank handed down the sentences on 29 October, after the pair pleaded guilty in June.

Court documents said the brothers travelled from Texas to Grant, Minnesota, where on 19 Sept 2025 they held a man and his family at gunpoint in their home. They zip-tied the family and kept them captive for more than nine hours, demanding access to the victim's cryptocurrency accounts. When the crypto handed over fell short of what they expected, they forced the man to drive to a cabin in upstate Minnesota, where further crypto was taken from other devices for a total of more than $8m.

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