Key Facts

• Isiah Angelo Garcia and Raymond Christian Garcia, two brothers from Texas, pleaded guilty to Interference with Commerce by Robbery, a charge that carries a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.
• The brothers kidnapped a Minnesota family at gunpoint on September 19, 2025, holding the victim's wife and son for nine hours in their family home while taking the victim to a family cabin about three hours away.
• The victim was forced to transfer $8 million in cryptocurrency from his online accounts and hardware wallets under threat from the brothers, who used firearms to intimidate the family.
• The kidnapping was reported after the victim's son made an emergency call, which led to police finding a rifle and a shotgun, as well as surveillance footage and other evidence, that connected the brothers to the crime.
• The brothers have agreed to pay more than $8 million in restitution, and sentencing hearings have not yet been scheduled, as they admitted to using firearms to threaten the victims in order to rob them.