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Inside a Violent Gang's Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.
The United States Justice Department earlier this week announced the conviction of Remy Ra St. Felix, a 24-year-old Florida man who led a group of men behind a violent crime spree designed to compel victims to hand over access to their cryptocurrency savings. In early 2023, after those relatively unsuccessful attempts at extortion, an associate of Seemungal's allegedly began feeding the group tips, hacking into potential targets' email to see the size of their crypto holdings, and sending those leads to the home invasion crew. Overall, the risk-reward trade-offs of carrying out brutal home invasions like the ones in St. Felix's case don't make nearly as much sense as remote hacking for crypto theft, Janczewski points out, although both tactics are highly illegal and potentially ruinous for victims.
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