According to Wu, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced that Martel Williams, a 27-year-old man from St. Louis, Missouri, has formally pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery targeting Bitcoin holders in August 2024. The case details show that he was hired in August 2024 to carry out a planned robbery of the parents of a suspect in a multi-million dollar Bitcoin theft, intending to force them to transfer the stolen cryptocurrency assets. Williams withdrew from the operation, and the planners subsequently assigned other accomplices to carry out a violent carjacking and kidnapping. Williams pleaded guilty to conspiracy to robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. https://www.(wublock123.com)/news/missouri-man-pleads-guilty-kidnap-robbery-billion-dollar-bitcoin-scheme-70840