Missouri men indicted over failed Bitcoin robbery tied to $245M crypto heist
Federal prosecutors charged three Missouri men with plotting in 2024 to break into a Connecticut home and force the occupant to turn over stolen Bitcoin. The latest defendants are involved in a kidnapping case linked to a crypto theft worth ~$245 million.
Sedric Louis, John Davis, and Martel Williams each face one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, a charge under the Hobbs Act that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced the charges Tuesday. All three pleaded not guilty.
A Missouri crew that backed out of a Bitcoin heist
The men were brought in by the people coordinating an earlier kidnapping and told to raid a Connecticut home, threaten the person inside, and make him move stolen crypto into wallets that the coordinators controlled, investigators say.
The group drove to the state over four days in late August 2024, rented vehicles, picked up air rifles and walkie-talkies, and then spent two days watching the target and his parents, prosecutors allege.
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