Overview
- The brothers, Isiah Angelo Garcia and Raymond Christian Garcia, entered guilty pleas in federal court on Thursday, June 18, 2026, to interference with commerce by robbery.
- Court records say the men drove from Texas to Grant, Minnesota, held a father, his wife, and their son at gunpoint for more than eight hours and forced transfers from online accounts and a hardware wallet.
- Prosecutors say Isiah drove the victim to the family cabin about three hours away to retrieve a separate storage device and complete additional transfers.
- Both defendants admitted using firearms during the robbery, agreed to pay more than $8 million in restitution, and each faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
- Investigators identified the suspects using items left at the scene, arrested them near Houston after a multiagency probe, and federal officials point to CertiK data showing a sharp rise in crypto-related kidnappings as a reason for stepped-up law enforcement focus.