Man whose parents were kidnapped to $ 245 million Bitcoin theft pleaded guilty to federal charges | Mint

A Connecticut man whose parents were kidnapped after taking part in a $ 245 million theft pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy charges and money laundering and agreed to testify against his fellow defendants, according to court documents that are unlocked this week. Feather Chetal, 19, of Danbury, Connecticut, was one of three men charged with the steal of 4100 bitcoins of a victim in Washington, DC, in an extensive online fraud. The trio lived to the Heist and spent millions of dollars on cars, jewelry, rental houses and nightclub parties, prosecutors say. You might be interested a week after the theft, and Chetal’s parents were assaulted and briefly kidnapped in Danbury in a failed ransom aimed at Chetal, which, according to the attackers, had a large amount of cryptocurrency, the authorities said. Chetal’s criminal case was unlocked in Washington Federal Court on Monday, which unveiled its guilty plea in November and his agreement to cooperate with the federal authorities investigating the Bitcoin theft. It also revealed new allegations that he was involved in about 50 similar thefts between November 2023 and September 2024. Bitcoin theft. Chetal stands in front of 19 to 24 years in prison, a fine between $ 50,000 and $ 500,000 and restitution to the victim to be determined, according to the federal guidelines for sentencing and his plea agreement. His lawyer, David Weinstein, refused to comment and says Chetal’s case is still pending. In September, federal agents with a warrant Chetal’s apartment in Brunswick, New Jersey, and his parents’ home in Danbury in connection with the $ 245 million Bitcoin Heist. Authorities said they found more than $ 500,000 cash, expensive jewelery and watches and high clothing. Federal agents also said Chetal has cryptocurrency worth $ 39 million it has transferred to investigators. Authorities claim Chetal, Lamb and Jeandriel Serrano were involved in online attacks on “social engineering” against cryptocurrency holders. Lamb will send warnings about victims about unauthorized attempts to access their crypto accounts, while the other would call the victims as representatives of well-known companies such as Google and Yahoo and access to their accounts, the authorities said. Messages that commented were left with Lamb and Serrano with advocates on Friday. A week after the theft, six men in Florida were accused of kidnapping Chetal’s parents in the daylight in Danbury. One of them crashed a car in the parents’ Lamborghini, while others pulled up in a vehicle, police said. The attackers forced the couple out of their vehicle, knocked them, put them in the wagon and tied, police said. The plot was pitched, and the attackers were quickly arrested because there were eyewitnesses who immediately called the police, and an out of service FBI agent drove at the time of the kidnapping, the authorities said. Federal agents said a seventh man later arrested in connection with the abduction, previously came into a dispute with Chetal that became physical at a Miami nightclub. The attack on the couple is part of an increasing trend worldwide in robbers using violence to steal cryptocurrency. Chetal, who attended $ 245 million in New Jersey in New Jersey at the time of the theft and was later withdrawn, was born in India and, according to court documents, came to his family with his family when he was 4 years old, according to court documents. His father received a visa from a foreign worker, and his wife and children received related dependent visas. The federal authorities said Chetal could face deportation because of the criminal case. Authorities say Chetal’s father lost his job at Morgan Stanley because of the kidnapping and his son’s connection with it. Chetal was initially released on its own recognition of federal conservation. But a judge ordered him to be detained until the trial earlier this year after federal prosecutors said they discovered that Chetal was at another crypto theft worth $ 2 million in October that he did not tell them after working with the federal authorities.