Man Jailed For Violent Crypto Robberies

[NotATether]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

The Justice Department announced this.

This man had a bunch of henchmen who kidnapped people inside their own homes in order to rob them and extorted them for their bitcoins and other crypto.

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

All this for a measly six figures of coins.

The guy being sentenced right now is the ringleader - so surely this will be the end of his spree.

[Stompix]

Mandatory meme



Oh, and before somebody talks about faulting your wealth, I'm pretty sure everyone after making 1 million in crypto will keep staying in a one-bedroom apartment in a ghetto and drive a '93 vw golf to work at McDonald! Yeah, cause that's the reason everyone seeks profit!

[Yamane_Keto]

This is why privacy is required. How did they know that they had cryptocurrencies? This gang knew information that required a lot of effort to know your balance of cryptocurrencies, unless these victims spoke publicly about their investments.


Access to email will not be enough

Evidence introduced at trial revealed that St Felix and his co-conspirators gained unauthorized access to their targets’ email accounts and conducted physical surveillance prior to attempting the home invasion robberies. They laundered the funds they stole through anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies such as Monero, as well as “instant exchanges” and decentralized finance platforms that did not conduct know-your-customer checks. St Felix and his co-conspirators in the United States and abroad used encrypted messaging applications to communicate about their targets and their money laundering efforts.

[bitmover]

This man had a bunch of henchmen who kidnapped people inside their own homes in order to rob them and extorted them for their bitcoins and other crypto.

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

This show how important it is not to show off that you like bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency in social media. Do not use Bitcoin T-Shirts, etc. etc...

I try to be very discreet about my involvement with cryptocurrencies in real life. Specially because I live in Brazil, a very dangerous country

[Cryptsafe]

There is likely a possibility that they must have sent a phishing link to the victim without him knowing it or the possibility of someone telling them about him being a Crypto enthusiast and holding Crypto assets which is valuable for them to steal from. 
For them to carry out this act, they must have been trailing and studying his pattern to know when to attack him and they got him to release their crypto assets to him.
This is the reason why we are advised to be discrete about our crypto holdings so as not to attract eyes to us because we do not know who  is going to plan an attack on us at any time. So it is best to protect ourselves from being attacked by being silent on our crypto investment.

[milewilda]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

The Justice Department announced this.

This man had a bunch of henchmen who kidnapped people inside their own homes in order to rob them and extorted them for their bitcoins and other crypto.

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

All this for a measly six figures of coins.

The guy being sentenced right now is the ringleader - so surely this will be the end of his spree.

This is why it would really be better that you should really be that making yourself that low key in terms of your crypto holdings or engagement because of these kind of
possible situations on which it could really be putting up your life in danger. It is really just that right that these criminals would really be going to jail into the things that they've done
but it is really that as into those people who had put up themselves on such situations.

[electronicash]

he did it a lot of times. he make large sum yet he didn't and continue robbing and kidnapping. the six figure money he earned weren't enough to hide  from the law still. good that he is caught.  easy to find a target in social media especially the ones who kept bragging they make money out of memecoins.

for a robber as a career, this man seem to be knowledgeable in crypto that he can use instance exchange and dex. some users who had been in crypto since time they were not able to make transactions even in uniswap.

[NotATether]

I try to be very discreet about my involvement with cryptocurrencies in real life. Specially because I live in Brazil, a very dangerous country

Brazil and Argentina in particular have to be two of the most dangerous places in the world for cryptocurrency, specifically because of 1) the low standard of living 2) the presence of gangs who are aware about crypto who will rob people for that reason.

They can do really crazy stuff too - there was this crypto influencer who was dismembered by gangsters and found in a suitcase. (I think it was in Buenos Aires.)

[robelneo]

I hope these people get the maximum sentence of life imprisonment to deter and stop this; this crime makes us Crypto holders uphold and practice privacy; do not be too extravagant in showing your profit from Cryptocurrency, especially on social media, because there are a lot of prying eyes and you do not who are looking on your posts.
Keeping it to ourselves is better so we have peace of mind.

[Z-tight]

Good that one of them has been caught and sentenced to jail, it is never a good scenario when someone gets robbed of assets that took them a lot of time and cost them money to acquire. Learn not to flaunt your wealth in public,  i know you can be attacked even if you live a modest life, but the chances are lower, that for someone who brags about how much coins they have.

Extending your seed phrase with a passphrase can also help you with plausible deniability in a situation of a $5 wrench attack.

[bitterguy28]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

All this for a measly six figures of coins.

according to the details this figure is what they have gathered (at least from the listed and proven amount not counting those who are not
broadcast and does not know if they we being one of the accuser .

it says all here

According to trial evidence, in April 2023, St Felix and a co-conspirator forced their way into a victim’s home. There, St Felix and his co-conspirator assaulted, zip-tied, and held the victim at gunpoint, and threatened more violence against the victim and the victim’s spouse, while other co-conspirators transferred more than $150,000 in cryptocurrency from the victim’s account.

The guy being sentenced right now is the ringleader - so surely this will be the end of his spree.

but His accomplished must be also in the jail now , because for sure there will be others that will continue this kind of operation as there is a quick flow of funds inside this kidnapping .

[bee]

Sometimes I feel grateful to live among people with low technological literacy. ha ha

because there are a lot of prying eyes and you do not who are looking on your posts.

Without stalking posts, certain apps also indirectly reveal someone's privacy. For example, Telegram gives users information about whether someone in their contact list has joined the same groups. Now it's made worse because almost all of their crypto ecosystem is implemented in that app.

[TomPluz]

This man should be sent to the worst prison cell possible so he can suffer and reflex on the many big wrongs he did with innocent people whose only fault is getting involved with cryptocurrency. This whole story is telling us to be more private with our cryptocurrency details as we don't know if there are evil people who can pick up traces of the things we do. This is also be a big warning for people who can planning the same venture to stop and think again as law authorities are still here and they can be caught and suffered the sting of being in prison. I am glad I am not actually holding significant amount of Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency so I may not land in the list of these evil people...let this message be read by them.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

The Justice Department announced this.

This man had a bunch of henchmen who kidnapped people inside their own homes in order to rob them and extorted them for their bitcoins and other crypto.

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

All this for a measly six figures of coins.

The guy being sentenced right now is the ringleader - so surely this will be the end of his spree.

          -  Kidnappers have leveled up in this era, so how did those thieves know that the ones they are going to prey on are crypto holders? That means the kidnappers could be their neighbors or acquaintances. Fortunately, the authorities quickly took action in that matter.

Times are really different now. As technology has upgraded, the bad guys have also upgraded their methods to prey on those they want to target.
But it's good that the thief was still caught; he should be punished so that he will regret for the rest of his life why he did that bad thing.

[pakhitheboss]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

The Justice Department announced this.

This man had a bunch of henchmen who kidnapped people inside their own homes in order to rob them and extorted them for their bitcoins and other crypto.

Every person's worst nightmare - the $5 wrench attack.

All this for a measly six figures of coins.

The guy being sentenced right now is the ringleader - so surely this will be the end of his spree.

          -  Kidnappers have leveled up in this era, so how did those thieves know that the ones they are going to prey on are crypto holders? That means the kidnappers could be their neighbors or acquaintances. Fortunately, the authorities quickly took action in that matter.

Times are really different now. As technology has upgraded, the bad guys have also upgraded their methods to prey on those they want to target.
But it's good that the thief was still caught; he should be punished so that he will regret for the rest of his life why he did that bad thing.

No one will ever know about those coins untill the victims themselves have either accidentally disclosed about them or have done it as a show off. They kidnapped because they were not qualified to hack the victims computer or mobile devices. This is why it is always recommended not to disclose to anyone about crypto holdings. You cannot trust anyone with your financial information even to your close friends.