In Minnesota, two brothers held a family hostage to gain access to crypto wallets, stole more than $8 million in cryptocurrency, and were sentenced to 15 and 15.5 years in prison.

Hostages and nine hours of threats

According to the case, the brothers broke into a home, tied up all family members with plastic zip ties, and held them at gunpoint for over nine hours, demanding access to crypto wallets.

Trip for hardware wallets

When the head of the family was unable to transfer the requested amount, he was forced to travel to a country house to retrieve additional hardware wallets. After that, the brothers stole over $8 million in cryptocurrency. They were later apprehended and sentenced to 15 and 15.5 years in prison.