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Texas brothers plead guilty to crypto kidnap and $8M theft
Jun 19, 2026
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by Hannah Collymore
for CryptoPolitan
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Two brothers from Waller, Texas pled guilty in federal court after holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than eight hours and forcing the father to hand over $8 million in cryptocurrency. The case underscores a global surge in violent crypto thefts and raises urgent security and law enforcement concerns for crypto adoption and custodial safety.
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Two brothers from Waller, Texas, who held a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than eight hours and forced the father to hand over $8 million in cryptocurrency, pled guilty to their crimes in a Federal Court on Thursday. The duo’s case is part of a global surge in violent crypto theft that has prompted...
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