Two brothers from Texas have been arrested after a Minnesota family was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to transfer $8 million in 0 said the ordeal lasted nine hours before law enforcement intervened and the suspects fled the 1 hold the family at gunpoint Prosecutors identified the men as Raymond Christian Garcia, 23, and Isiah Angelo Garcia, 2 brothers are from Waller, 3 said they traveled to Minnesota and carried out the 4 brothers confronted the father of a family outside his home in Grant, 5 was taking out the trash when the criminals appeared with an AR-15-style rifle and a 6 zip-tied his hands and forced him back 7 the home, the suspects woke the man’s wife and adult 8 were tied up and held at 9 say that Raymond kept watch over them while Isiah focused on transferring cryptocurrency from the father’s 10 say the brothers demanded access to digital wallets and forced large transfers into their own 11 also made repeated phone calls to an unidentified third person who appeared to guide the 12 victim told them more funds were stored on a hardware wallet at a family cabin nearly three hours 13 then drove the father to the cabin while carrying the shotgun.
There, the victim was forced to move the remaining 14 this time, Raymond stayed in the family home, holding the wife and son hostage with the 15 estimate the suspects stole a total of $8 million in cryptocurrency. A criminal flees after seeing the policemen After hours, the son managed to call 911 when Raymond stepped outside the 16 police arrived within minutes, and they found the wife and son restrained inside the 17 saw Raymond fleeing out the back 18 police found a suitcase hidden in a tree line after searching the 19 found a disassembled AR-15 rifle, ammunition, clothes, and 20 the same time, Isiah was driving back with the 21 emergency vehicles passed them on the road 22 later abandoned the shotgun near a middle school parking 23 situation forced the school to cancel its homecoming football game for 24 connected the brothers to the crime using receipts and surveillance.
A Wendy’s receipt from the suitcase showed that Isiah had rented a car in Houston days 25 footage confirmed Raymond had rented a Motel 6 room in Roseville, Minnesota, before the 26 car used in the kidnapping was later tracked on traffic 27 was seen in Oklahoma before returning to Texas a day 28 arrest the brothers Law enforcement arrested the brothers in Waller, 29 say Isiah confessed after being taken into 30 admitted that he and his brother traveled to Minnesota, tied up the family, and forced the crypto 31 prosecutors filed state charges, including kidnapping with a firearm, aggravated robbery, and burglary. Moreover, federal prosecutors filed additional kidnapping 32 brothers are awaiting their first federal court appearance, and prosecutors will seek detention until 33 said the investigation is 34 are still trying to identify the third person who allegedly guided the transfers by 35 up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today
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