Texas brothers plead guilty to $8M crypto robbery, kidnapping of Minnesota family

Key Points:

• Two Texas brothers, Isiah Angelo Garcia, 25, and Raymond Christian Garcia, 24, pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery related to a September 2025 armed robbery in Grant, Minnesota, involving the theft of over $8 million in cryptocurrency.
• The Garcia brothers kidnapped a family at gunpoint, held them for over eight hours, and forced the victim to transfer more than $8 million in digital assets from cryptocurrency accounts and storage devices.
• After the victim’s son called 911, the brothers fled but were later identified and arrested near Houston, Texas, with law enforcement recovering evidence linking them to the crime.
• Both defendants admitted to using firearms during the robbery, agreed to pay restitution exceeding $8 million, and face up to 20 years in federal prison, with sentencing hearings to be scheduled.
• The case was investigated by the FBI and Washington County Sheriff’s Office, with local officials emphasizing the impact of the violent crime on the community and the importance of justice.