Texas brothers plead guilty to $8 million crypto kidnapping

Two brothers from Texas pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing them to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency during a violent home invasion in September 2025. Isiah Angelo Garcia, 25, and Raymond Christian Garcia, 24, each pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery before U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery in Minneapolis, according to federal prosecutors.

The brothers traveled from Waller, Texas, to Grant, Minnesota, to carry out the robbery on September 19, 2025. They entered the family's home, held the victim, his wife, and their son at gunpoint, and used zip ties to restrain them. Over the course of more than eight hours, the brothers demanded access to the victim's cryptocurrency accounts. At one point, Isiah Garcia forced the victim to travel to a family cabin in northern Minnesota to retrieve additional crypto storage devices and transfer the funds. In total, the brothers forced the victim to transfer over $8 million in cryptocurrency.

The ordeal ended when the family's son managed to call 911. The brothers fled the scene but left behind evidence, including a rifle and a shotgun. Investigators...