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CASE 430  |  Unidentified man  |  September 15, 2022  |  USA
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  430
  date                September 15, 2022
  original_date       September 15, 2022
  year                2022
  month               9
  quarter             2022-Q3
  victim              Unidentified man
  location            Homestead, Florida
  country             USA
  scenario            Home Invasion
  description         Armed gang invades home, takes jewelry, electronics. Kidnapped & tortured victim, failed to find his bitcoin
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       (null)
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        Crypto
  coin_type           jewelry, electronics
  reports             Fox 5 San Diego
  notes               victim found by law enforcement 120 miles away in Stuart, Florida
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2026-04-21 14:18:06
  (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
   their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
   same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victims:** Unidentified man (crypto holder) + family
  
  **Attackers:** Remy St. Felix + crew members (specific names not disclosed)
  
  **Attack Method:** Home invasion at gunpoint. Entire family held hostage. Man separated and abducted.
  
  **Violence Used:** Family held at gunpoint. Man abducted, beaten, held hostage. Driven 120 miles from Homestead.
  
  **Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** Attempted to force Bitcoin transfer. Amount stolen: Unknown (likely $0 - victim found by law enforcement 120 miles away in Stuart, Florida).
  
  **Status:** Part of St. Felix's 47-year conviction. This case is specifically mentioned in DOJ press release as one of the most violent incidents.

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://fox5sandiego.com/news/border-report/group-linked-to-9-kidnappings-in-three-states/

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      https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdnc/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Florida Man Hit With 47 Years in Prison Over Violent Home Invasions to Steal Bitcoin - Decrypt

A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years in prison last Wednesday for orchestrating a series of home violent invasions targeting owners of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, stealing $3.5 million through brute force and SIM-swapping attacks alongside 13 other co-conspirators.

Remy St Felix, 24, was the leader of a home invasion crew that held victims at gunpoint in Delray Beach and Homestead, Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). St Felix’s victims were assaulted and bound with plastic zip ties before being forced to send digital assets to wallets controlled by the criminal organization, authorities said.

Felix’s sentencing follows his conviction in late June. He was found guilty on nine counts, including conspiracy, kidnapping, Hobbs Act robbery, wire fraud, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence.

St Felix faced a minimum sentence of seven years, with charges carrying a potential life sentence. The court ordered him to pay $524,000 in restitution, representing the value of cryptocurrency and other assets stolen over the course of his scheme.

The crew’s victims were targeted across broad swaths of the United States, ranging from Texas to New York and North Carolina. Law enforcement said that the crew also leveraged decentralized finance tools to launder the proceeds from their crimes.

The robberies took place between September 2022 and July 2023. But the scheme came to an end when St Felix was arrested on his way to New York with two firearms and plastic zip ties, authorities said.

The organization’s criminal activity wasn’t limited to acts of physical violence. Obtaining access to victims’ accounts on crypto exchanges using their phone numbers, the crew stole digital assets through a tactic known as SIM-swapping, according to law officials.

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In a press release, the DOJ recalled one instance in which a Florida victim was abducted from his home, taken 120 miles away, and beaten while being held hostage. In a separate robbery, a victim's family members were restrained for three hours in Texas before crew members made off with $150,000 in cash and luxury watches.

A co-conspirator of St Felix, Jarod Gabriel Seemungal, 23, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement. Authorities said that Seemigul provided members of the crew with firearms, rental cars and hotel rooms. The court ordered him to pay $4 million in restitution.

While the case was spearheaded by the FBI’s field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, agents in New York, Miami, and Houston assisted with the case, among other members of law enforcement.

Prison sentences for other co-conspirators have ranged from 12 to 25 years. Two co-conspirators, who pleaded guilty to respective roles in a kidnapping conspiracy, are scheduled to be sentenced October 1.

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  Source     Fortune
  URL        https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/06/26/bitcoin-gunpoint-criminal-gang-home-invasions-federal-case
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Florida man convicted for role in stealing hundreds of millions in crypto through home invasions | Fortune

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Bitcoin at gunpoint: Florida man convicted for role in stealing hundreds of millions in crypto through home invasions

The incident follows a trend of physical attacks on people who own Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.

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A Florida man has been convicted of scheming to steal cryptocurrencies—but not in the way you might first expect. Remy St Felix, a 24-year-old from West Palm Beach, was found guilty by a federal jury in North Carolina for his role in overseeing a gang that broke into U.S. homes, violently kidnapped citizens, and stole their crypto.

While $1.7 billion in crypto was stolen last year, the lion’s share was via hackers breaking into wallets and exchanges remotely, according to Chainalysis. Crypto stolen in person—such as by physically forcing a victim to drain an account—is reported far less often.

St Felix was convicted on nine counts, including conspiracy, kidnapping, and using a firearm to further crimes of violence. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 11 and faces a prison sentence ranging from seven years to life.

According to prosecutors, St Felix led a gang that targeted crypto owners between September 2022 and July 2023. In total, the gang members stole hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto by forcing themselves into homes and holding victims captive until they drained their own accounts.

St Felix both planned and orchestrated a series of robberies in Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and New York. His conviction on Wednesday is one of more than a dozen tied to the case.

Once the gang picked targets, it would hack into their email accounts and conduct physical surveillance prior to the attacks. St Felix and his coconspirators reportedly attempted to hide their tracks by using encrypted messaging platforms. Once the funds were stolen, they were laundered through Monero, an anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrency, as well as “instant exchanges” such as Changelly, Shapeshift, and ChangeNOW, that don’t require know-your-customer audits, according to prosecutors.

One example of an attack presented to the jury occurred in April 2023. Here, St Felix and his crew forced their way into a home, where they assaulted, zip-tied, and held at gunpoint their victim. While the gang threatened more violence against the victim and their spouse, the victim forcibly transferred $150,000.

“The victims in this case suffered a horrible, painful experience that no citizen should have to endure,” U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina said in a statement. “The defendant and his coconspirators acted purely out of greed and callously terrorized those they targeted. The jury’s verdict in this case represents a vital step in securing justice for these victims.”

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