Missouri男子Martel Williams在Hartford认罪：涉2024年8月企图抢劫比特币案,最高面临20年监禁
康涅狄格区联邦检察官David X. Sullivan宣布,来自St. Louis的27岁男子Martel Williams已在Hartford联邦法院认罪,其罪行与2024年8月一起企图抢劫比特币的案件有关,该案的目标是一名参与盗窃数亿美元比特币者的父母。
据法庭文件和法庭陈述,2024年8月25日,Danbury警方逮捕了6名Florida男子,他们在当日参与了一起暴力劫车,并殴打和绑架了车内两人。调查显示,这两名绑架受害人是一名参与盗窃数亿美元比特币者的父母。
为窃取其中部分比特币,策划这起抢劫和绑架的人先招募了Williams和两名来自St. Louis的同伙来实施计划。2024年8月21日至24日前后,Williams等人前往Connecticut,取得租赁车辆和包括气枪、对讲机和一台笔记本电脑在内的用品。他们跟踪预定目标及其父母两天,等待机会强行闯入其住所,威胁目标并要求其把被盗的加密货币转入由策划者控制的账户。因担心已被家庭安防摄像头拍下,又对计划和与同伙缺乏沟通感到沮丧,Williams一行离开了Connecticut。此后不久,来自Florida的一组人抵达并实施了该计划。
Williams于2026年7月17日被捕,已就合谋以抢劫干扰商业(Hobbs Act Robbery)一项罪名认罪,该罪最高刑期为20年监禁。他目前在量刑前获释,量刑日期尚未排定。
此案由联邦调查局FBI New Haven暴力犯罪专案组、FBI洛杉矶分局、FBI St. Louis分局和Danbury警察局调查,由助理联邦检察官Karen L. Peck和Stephanie T. Levick起诉。
Missouri Man Martel Williams Pleads Guilty in Hartford in Attempted Bitcoin Robbery Scheme, Faces Up to 20 Years
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Martel Williams, 27, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to an offense stemming from his involvement in an attempted robbery of Bitcoin in August 2024. The intended target was an individual who participated in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin, and the kidnapping victims in the related August 25, 2024 attack were that individual's parents.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 25, 2024, Danbury Police arrested six Florida men who were involved in a violent carjacking and the beating and kidnapping of two occupants of the vehicle on that date. The investigation revealed that the kidnapping victims are the parents of an individual who participated in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin.
In an attempt to steal some of that Bitcoin, the individuals who coordinated the attempted robbery and kidnapping first recruited Williams and two associates from St. Louis to carry out the plan. Between approximately August 21 and August 24, 2024, Williams and others traveled to Connecticut and obtained rental vehicles and supplies, including air rifles, walkie talkies and a laptop computer. They then stalked the intended target and his parents over the course of two days, waiting for the opportunity to force their way into their home where they would threaten the target and demand that he transfer the stolen cryptocurrency into accounts controlled by the scheme's coordinators. Fearing that they had been captured on home security cameras and frustrated by the plan and a lack of communication with their co-conspirators, Williams and his associates left Connecticut. Shortly thereafter, the crew from Florida arrived to carry out the plan.
Williams, who was arrested on July 17, 2026, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, known as Hobbs Act Robbery, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. He is released pending sentencing, which is not scheduled.
The matter is being investigated by the FBI New Haven Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Los Angeles, FBI St. Louis, and the Danbury Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen L. Peck and Stephanie T. Levick.
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图片来源：图：位于华盛顿的联邦调查局（FBI）总部 J. Edgar Hoover 大楼，本案由联邦检察官办公室在 Hartford 联邦法院推进。照片：Ajay Suresh，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The J. Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington. Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
