Two brothers from Texas have admitted their roles in a brazen armed robbery that left a Minnesota family held captive at gunpoint for hours while more than $8 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from them. On June 18, 2026, Isiah Angelo Garcia, 25, and Raymond Christian Garcia, 24, both of Waller, Texas, entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis before Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
Each pleaded to a single count of interference with commerce by robbery.
Federal prosecutors said the men used firearms during the September 2025 crime and have agreed to pay full restitution exceeding $8 million.
Each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, with sentencing dates to be set later.
Court documents describe a meticulously planned home invasion that unfolded on the morning of September 19, 2025, in the small community of Grant in Washington County.
The brothers had driven from Texas after renting a vehicle near Houston days earlier.
They approached the male victim outside his home as he took out the trash, brandished firearms including an AR-15-style rifle and a shotgun, zip-tied his hands, and forced him inside.
Once in the house, the pair awakened the victim’s wife and adult son at gunpoint, bound their hands with zip ties, and ordered them to the floor.
The family was held captive for more than eight hours while the intruders demanded access to cryptocurrency accounts.
Isiah Garcia, with help from his brother, compelled the husband at gunpoint to log into multiple accounts and transfer large sums into a digital wallet controlled by the robbers.
The brothers reportedly made repeated calls to an unidentified third party who supplied technical details about the transfers and wallets.
When the robbers learned of additional cryptocurrency stored on a hard-drive device at the family’s cabin roughly three hours north in the Grand Rapids area,
Isiah Garcia forced the husband into the family’s own truck and drove him there under threat of violence.
At the cabin, the victim was made to retrieve the device and complete further transfers.
The total stolen exceeded $8 million in digital assets. While Isiah and the husband were returning, the son managed to call 911 after Raymond briefly stepped away.
Deputies arrived to find the wife and son still restrained. Raymond fled out the back door.
The brothers abandoned several items at the scene, including a disassembled rifle later traced to them, ammunition, clothing, and a suitcase. Isiah reportedly discarded a shotgun in a nearby school parking lot.
Law enforcement quickly identified the pair through items left behind and tracked the rental car to their Texas home, where they were arrested on September 22, 2025.
Isiah later confessed to key details of the plot.
The prolonged armed standoff terrified the victims and prompted a major law-enforcement response that included multiple agencies.
The incident also led local authorities to cancel a nearby high school homecoming football game out of an abundance of caution for community safety.
In their guilty pleas, both brothers acknowledged using guns to threaten and control the family throughout the ordeal.
U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen emphasized that violent crimes motivated by financial gain will be met with decisive prosecution.
FBI and local officials highlighted the coordinated investigation spanning Minnesota and Texas that brought the case to resolution.
The guilty pleas mark a major step toward accountability in one of the more alarming cryptocurrency-related violent crimes in recent years.
While the stolen funds have not been recovered in full, the brothers’ agreement to make restitution provides some measure of financial redress for the victims. Sentencing will determine the length of prison time each will serve for their roles in the nine-hour terror inflicted on the Minnesota family.