Texas brothers sentenced to 15 years for armed crypto robbery of Minnesota family

Isiah and Raymond Garcia held a family at gunpoint for about nine hours and forced the transfer of more than $8 million in digital assets Two Texas brothers will spend roughly the next decade and a half in federal prison for a home invasion built around one goal: getting into a family’s crypto wallets. Isiah and Raymond Garcia were sentenced on October 29, 2026. Combined, they face more than 30 years behind bars for an armed robbery in Grant, Minnesota, that stretched across roughly nine hours. A nine-hour ordeal over digital assets Isiah Garcia received 15½ years. His brother Raymond got 15 years. Each will also serve three years of supervised release once he gets out. The pair had pleaded guilty on June 18, 2026, to a federal charge of Interference with Commerce by Robbery. The crime itself dates back to September 19, 2025. It started with something about as mundane as it gets: a man taking his garbage out. The brothers ambushed him there. They then held him and his family hostage inside the home, armed with weapons that included an AR-15-style rifle and a shotgun. For approximately nine hours, the family was kept at gunpoint. The point of the whole operation was coercion: forcin...