Texas Brothers Sentenced to 15 Years Over $8M Armed Crypto Kidnapping
Raymond and Isiah Garcia received 15-year prison terms after holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing a transfer of more than $8 million in crypto.
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Two brothers from Texas, Raymond and Isiah Garcia, have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for an armed robbery and kidnapping that targeted cryptocurrency holdings, according to reports from Cointelegraph and Decrypt.
The Garcias held a family in Minnesota at gunpoint for more than nine hours, during which they forced the father to transfer over $8 million in cryptocurrency, Decrypt reported. The outlet described the case as one of the clearest prosecutions yet of a so-called "wrench attack," a term for coercing victims to hand over crypto assets through physical force or threats rather than hacking.
According to Cointelegraph, home invasions became the most common form of crypto wrench attacks worldwide during the first half of 2026, rising to 20 incidents from one.
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