Four suspects charged in home invasion of streamer Amouranth
Four suspects were charged in connection with the home invasion of online streamer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. The streamer says she was held at gunpoint by several individuals demanding that she hand over the private keys to her crypto.
According to Fox 26, the suspects include Dylan Nesho Campbell, Bryan Anthony Salazar Guerrero and two additional suspects between the ages of 16-17.
Campbell and Guerrero were each charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, as was the 17-year-old suspect.
Siragusa reported that several armed individuals entered her home late at night on March 2, beat her and held her at gunpoint, demanding her cryptocurrency.
Source: Amouranth
Luckily, her husband was on speakerphone, which the gunmen took in an attempt to access a crypto app. The husband, having been alerted to the situation, grabbed a handgun while attempting to gauge where the armed men were in the home.
The online streamer led the assailants around the home and convinced them to start looking for a cold storage device.
As the armed robbers were looking for the device, Siragusa ran upstairs to her husband, who was also watching the situation unfold on the home’s network of cameras.
Once she was safely upstairs, her husband fired off three rounds at the assailants, likely shooting one in the process before the home invaders retreated and law enforcement arrived at the scene.
Siragusa’s husband later revealed that he was the one posting from her account as the incident unfolded. Source: Amouranth
The streamer previously disclosed that she held roughly 211 Bitcoin, worth over $20 million in November 2024 — making her a target for armed robbery.
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Crypto kidnappings and extortion on the rise
The incident is merely the latest in a string of kidnappings and armed robberies aimed at crypto holders.
In January, a UK court sentenced seven gang members for the kidnapping and extortion of a crypto investor, who was repeatedly assaulted and coerced into handing over funds over several months.
During that same month, reports emerged that Ledger co-founder David Balland was kidnapped in France and held for a crypto ransom before being rescued by law enforcement.
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