The Brief
- Two Texas brothers were sentenced to at least 15 years in prison for kidnapping a Minnesota family in September 2025.
- The brothers held the family at gunpoint for more than nine hours and forced them to transfer over $8 million in cryptocurrency.
- The victim believed some of his crypto account information may have been leaked during a data breach.
(FOX 9) – Two Texas brothers have each been sentenced to at least 15 years for kidnapping a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing the transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency kidnapping sentencing
Brothers sentenced:
Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia, both of Waller, Texas, were sentenced Thursday for their roles in the armed robbery and kidnapping of a family in Grant, Minnesota in September 2025.
A federal judge sentenced Raymond Garcia to 15 years in prison, while Isiah Garcia received 15.5 years in prison. …