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Crypto Robbery Ring Leader Sentenced to 47 Years in Prison

Remy St Felix and 11 accomplices convicted for violent home invasions and cryptocurrency thefts totaling $3.5 million.

  • Remy St Felix led a gang that conducted violent home invasions across multiple states, targeting cryptocurrency owners.
  • The group used SIM-swapping and brute force to steal digital assets, often holding victims at gunpoint and using zip ties to restrain them.
  • Victims were assaulted, threatened, and in some cases abducted, with incidents occurring from Texas to New York.
  • St Felix was sentenced to 47 years in prison, while his main accomplice, Jacob Gabriel Seemungal, received a 20-year sentence.
  • The Department of Justice coordinated with multiple law enforcement agencies to bring the criminals to justice, with restitution orders totaling millions of dollars.
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