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Durham Home Invasion | A Florida crypto criminal convicted of home invasions to steal digital currency
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) — A Florida man accused of several violent home invasions to steal thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency has been sentenced.
According to trial evidence, Remy St Felix, 24, of West Palm Beach, and a co-conspirator broke into victims’ homes in Durham, Florida, Texas and New York.
The documents prove it in the Durham case, they zip-tied and held the 76-year-old couple at gunpoint.
They then threatened further violence against the victim and her spouse, while other conspirators transferred more than $150,000 in cryptocurrency from the victim’s account.
“The victims in this case suffered a horrific and painful experience that no citizen should have to endure,” said U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina. “The defendant and his accomplices acted purely out of greed and mercilessly terrorized those they targeted. The jury’s verdict in this case represents a critical step in ensuring justice for these victims.”
The evidence showed that St Felix had access to the targets’ email accounts, and that was when he conducted physical surveillance before attempting the home invasion.
St Felix was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July on his way to commit another home invasion in New York.
Thirteen others were also arrested.
San Felice’s sentencing is scheduled for September 11th.
“Today’s jury verdict – the latest of more than a dozen convictions in this case – should serve as a reminder once again that the Criminal Division and its partners are committed to bringing violent offenders to justice, no matter how technically sophisticated may be their crimes,” said Deputy Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division.
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