The Minnesota Cabin Heist (USA, Sept 2025): Two brothers held a family at gunpoint for nine hours. They forced the father to drive three hours to a remote cabin to retrieve a hardware wallet, eventually stealing $8 million in crypto.
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The B.C. Hostage-Taking (Canada, Nov 2025): A British Columbia investor and his family were held overnight by masked intruders. The victim was waterboarded and beaten until he transferred $2 million in Bitcoin. The attackers reportedly found him due to his online posts about crypto success.