INVADED THEIR HOMES AND DRAINED THEIR ACCOUNTS
A guy from West Palm Beach, by the name of R.S.F (24), was the leader of a gang that would break into people’s homes, “violently kidnap and assault them, and steal their Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.”
On July 25, 2024, a federal jury found RSF guilty of “nine counts relating to conspiracy, kidnapping, Hobbs Act robbery, wire fraud, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence.”
Scheduled to be sentenced on September 11, 2024, RSF faces up to life in prison (subject to a seven year minimum applies).
By way of a written statement, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, noted that, “[RSF] and his co-conspirators targeted victims across the United States for brutal home invasions, kidnappings, and robberies in order to steal cryptocurrency …. Although the members of this violent conspiracy tried to cover their tracks through encrypted communication and anonymous financial transactions, they were not beyond the reach of our dedicated investigators and prosecutors. The jury’s verdict today—the latest in more than a dozen convictions in this case—should serve as yet another reminder that the Criminal Division and its partners are committed to bringing violent offenders to justice, no matter how technically sophisticated their crimes may be.”
Nothing cryptic about that.
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