Two brothers pleaded guilty this week to robbing a Minnesota family of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency after holding them at gunpoint for more than eight hours during a September 2025 home invasion, federal prosecutors said.
Isiah Angelo Garcia, 25, and Raymond Christian Garcia, 24, both of Waller, Texas, each pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of interference with commerce by robbery before U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery in Minneapolis, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota.
The brothers traveled from Texas to Grant, Minnesota, on Sept. 19, 2025, where they held the victim and his family at gunpoint in their home, according to court documents. They zip-tied the family and demanded access to their cryptocurrency accounts.
Isiah Garcia then drove one of the victims to the family's cabin in northern Minnesota, where he forced him to retrieve additional cryptocurrency storage devices and transfer the funds, prosecutors said. The brothers ultimately forced the victim to transfer more than $8 million in crypto over the course of the scheme.
The ordeal ended after the victim's son called 911. The Garcias fled the area, but investigators traced items left behind at the home, used them to identify the brothers, and arrested them near Houston.
