Prison sentences follow an $8 million cryptocurrency kidnapping.

Two brothers received prison terms of 180 and 186 months on 29 October for their roles in an armed robbery and kidnapping in Minnesota. The US Attorney's Office announced the sentences on 30 October. The defendants had pleaded guilty in June; the crime took place in September 2025.

The Justice Department says Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia forced a victim to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency after holding his family at gunpoint. Investigators later identified and arrested the brothers near Houston. The announcement credits the FBI and Washington County Sheriff's Office investigation.

The department corrected its release on 30 October to give the combined sentence as 366 months. The URL still contains the earlier number, so the corrected text and individual sentences are the appropriate figures to report.

This is a sentencing development, not a newly occurring attack or a software vulnerability. It demonstrates the distinction between protecting access to digital assets and protecting people from coercion. The release does not establish how much money was recovered, and a prison sentence should not be presented as confirmation of reimbursement.