Brothers Stole $8M in Crypto and Got 15 Years

Two brothers broke into a home in Minnesota, bound all family members with plastic zip ties and held them hostage for more than nine hours at gunpoint, demanding access to crypto wallets. When the head of the household couldn't transfer the required amount, he was forced to drive to a country house for additional hardware wallets. In the end, the brothers stole over $8 million in cryptocurrency. They were later arrested and sentenced to 15 and 15.5 years in prison.

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The criminals were convicted of armed robbery totaling around $8 million. The court handed down strict sentences: the older brother received 15 years, and the younger one 15.5 years. The case became one of the most high-profile cryptocurrency thefts in the US.