Two males had been arrested after they allegedly hatched a plan to break right into a Westchester County residence and steal tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in bitcoin, federal prosecutors mentioned.
Dominic Pineda and Shon Morgan had been charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act theft following their arrest on Thursday, mentioned U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.
“The defendants participated in a violent plan to break into a family’s home in the middle of the night and force its residents to provide the code to what the defendants believed was tens of millions of dollars in Bitcoin currency,” Williams mentioned in a press launch.
The 2 conspired to break into the Irvington residence from Could 18-24, 2020, in accordance to the indictment unsealed in federal court docket in White Plains.
Pineda and Morgan, each 21 years previous and Virginia residents, face up to 20 years in jail. Legal professional info for the pair was not instantly accessible.