17 actions since January 2024
Year 2026 2025 2024 Agency DOJ SEC CFTC Stage Sentence Civil action Criminal charge Guilty plea Settlement Seizure or forfeiture Conviction Scheme Investment fraud Money laundering Ponzi scheme Trust scam Hack or theft Registration breach Market manipulation Violent crime Tax Darknet market Date Agency Action Stage Figure 30 Oct 2026 DOJ Two Texas brothers were sentenced to 180 and 186 months for kidnapping a Minnesota family and forcing transfer of $8M in crypto. Sentence $8.0m stolen 28 Oct 2026 DOJ A Missouri man was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a kidnapping and attempted Bitcoin robbery in Danbury, Connecticut. Sentence — 27 Oct 2026 DOJ A St. Louis, Missouri man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery in a plot to steal Bitcoin via a home invasion in Connecticut. Guilty plea — 28 Sept 2026 DOJ A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 21 months for violating rights on behalf of a crypto businessman and tax fraud. Sentence $90,984 restitution 14 Sept 2026 DOJ A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 21 months for civil rights conspiracy and tax fraud while guarding a crypto businessman. Sentence $25,000 restitution 09 Sept 2026 DOJ A California man was sentenced to 15 years for his role in a Danbury kidnapping and attempted Bitcoin robbery scheme. Sentence — 04 Aug 2026 DOJ Three Missouri men were charged with Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy in an alleged plot to force a Connecticut target to hand over stolen Bitcoin. Criminal charge — 13 Jul 2026 DOJ A former LA County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 18 months for obstructing a probe into a crypto businessman's extortion of a victim. Sentence $25,000 stolen 18 Jun 2026 DOJ Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty to an armed home invasion and kidnapping in Minnesota that forced transfer of over $8 million in crypto. Guilty plea $8.0m stolen 08 Jun 2026 DOJ A Missouri man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery in a plot to steal Bitcoin that led to a kidnapping in Danbury. Guilty plea — 11 May 2026 DOJ Three Tennessee men indicted for an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping spree targeting cryptocurrency owners in California. Criminal charge $6.5m stolen 16 Mar 2026 DOJ A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 63 months for extorting and falsely arresting rivals of a crypto fraudster. Sentence $127,000 restitution 29 Sept 2025 DOJ A former LA County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to conspiring with a crypto businessman to extort a rival and falsely arrest another. Guilty plea $127,000 stolen 25 Sept 2025 DOJ Two Texas brothers charged federally with kidnapping for allegedly holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and stealing $8M in crypto. Criminal charge $8.0m stolen 17 Jan 2025 DOJ A self-styled crypto 'Godfather' and an LASD deputy agreed to plead guilty to civil rights conspiracy, fraud and tax crimes. Guilty plea $37.0m stolen 13 Sept 2024 DOJ A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years, and 11 co-conspirators also sentenced, for violent home invasions and SIM swaps to steal crypto. Sentence $3.5m stolen 25 Jun 2024 DOJ A Florida man was convicted by a federal jury for leading a crew that used violent home invasions and kidnappings to steal cryptocurrency. Conviction $150,000 stolen
Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.
Cite this Bitminer.io, “Crypto enforcement: violent crime”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/enforcement/scheme/violent-crime/. How this is built