Teenage Scottsdale home burglars tried to steal $66 million in crypto, police say

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) β€” Court documents obtained Thursday detail a late January home break-in and describe how two teenage boys were planning to steal $66 million in cryptocurrency.

Jackson Sullivan, 17, and Skylar LaPaille, 16, were arrested just after 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, shortly after the burglary.

According to the paperwork, Sullivan met LaPaille through a mutual friend in December, and they were being extorted by someone named β€œRed” to do the burglary. LaPaille reportedly said he got details about the victims and that they had $66 million in cryptocurrency.

Sullivan is a junior at San Luis Obispo High School in central California and the two teens drove all the way from there to pull off the heist, police said…

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