Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia, both of Waller, Texas, were sentenced Thursday to at least 15 years in prison each for holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint for more than nine hours to force the transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency, the Justice Department said. Raymond received 180 months and Isiah 186.
Isiah Angelo Garcia and Raymond Christian GarciaWaller County Jail, TexasU.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank imposed the sentences on Oct. 29. Both brothers had pleaded guilty on June 18, and The Block reported they each faced up to 20 years and agreed to pay more than $8 million in restitution.
According to court documents, the brothers traveled from Texas to Grant, Minnesota, and on Sept. 19, 2025, kidnapped Victim 1 and his family in their home at gunpoint. They zip-tied the family and demanded access to his cryptocurrency accounts. When he did not transfer the amount they expected, they forced him to drive Isiah Garcia to the family's cabin in upstate Minnesota, where Garcia made him retrieve additional cryptocurrency storage devices and move the funds.
The brothers fled after the victim's son called 911.<
