SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Three men went on a violent robbery spree targeting cryptocurrency owners in San Francisco, San Jose, and Sunnyvale, according to the U.S. Attorney Northern District of California. The trio was identified by prosecutors as Tennessee residents Elijah Armstrong, 21, Nino Chind avanh, 21, and Jayden Rucker, 25. They are accused of conspiring to kidnap and rob victims of cryptocurrency in the Bay Area by posing as delivery workers, prosecutors said. One of the victims was forced at gunpoint to sign into his cryptocurrency accounts and transfer approximately $6.5 million to a wallet controlled by the co-conspirators, prosecutors said. "The defendants traveled from Tennessee to commit the alleged crimes and posed as delivery persons to gain access or attempt to gain access to the victims’ residences. They then used firearms, duct tape, and zip ties to assault their victims, including by binding and restraining a victim in order to force him to divulge his account information," the U.S. Attorney's office wrote. The trio "terrorized their victims in the hopes of stealing vast sums of cryptocurrency. The scheme was not only sophisticated, it was brazen, violent, and dangerous," said United States Attorney Craig Missakian.  Man paralyzed in crash sues San Jose over dangerous intersection Chindavanh was arrested on December 22, 2025 in Sunnyvale. Armstrong and Rucker were arrested days later in Los Angeles. A federal grand jury indicted the trio, and they are currently in federal custody.  "The indictment of these individuals underscores the FBI’s unwavering commitment to protecting our communities from violent and organized criminal activity. This was a calculated scheme involving robbery, kidnapping, and the theft of millions in cryptocurrency," said FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo. "The FBI will not tolerate criminals who travel into our communities with the intent to terrorize our citizens." Armstrong and Rucker are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Chindavanh will return to court in June. The case is the result of an investigation by the FBI, San Francisco Police Department, San Jose Police Department, Sunnyvale Police Department, and Los Angeles Police Department. ...read more read less