Texas Brothers Sentenced in $8 Million Crypto Robbery

Two Texas brothers were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms after pleading guilty to forcing a Minnesota family to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency during an armed robbery, federal officials said. U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Raymond Christian Garcia to 180 months in prison and Isiah Angelo Garcia to 186 months on October 29, 2026. The sentences total 366 months, or 30 years and six months. Both men also received three years of supervised release, according to a report on the court’s order. The brothers pleaded guilty in June 2026 to one count of interference with commerce by robbery. The crime took place on September 19, 2025, in Grant, Minnesota. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota said the brothers held family members at gunpoint and restrained them with zip ties for more than nine hours while demanding access to the father’s cryptocurrency accounts. According to the office, the father was forced to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. When the brothers determined that the initial transfers were insufficient, Isiah Garcia made the father travel to a family cabin to retrieve additional hardware wallets....