"Two high-schoolers from San Luis Obispo County were arrested last weekend in Scottsdale, Ariz., after they allegedly posed as deliverymen to get into a house where they had been told $66 million in cryptocurrency was stashed, police said. The two boys told investigators they hadn't known each other before unknown people they met on the Signal app extorted them into participating in the burglary plot, according to court documents obtained by Phoenix TV station KSAZ."
"The invasion of the occupied home was interrupted after police received an emergency call around 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. The responding officers heard a woman screaming and saw a man in the home struggling with a youth, the police said. When the officers entered the house, two people fled out the back door, got into a blue Subaru and drove off. The pursuit ended when they were boxed in at a dead-end, the police said."
"They reportedly told police that they were given $1,000 to buy disguises and restraining devices and were given the address of the home in Scottsdale's Sweetwater Ranch neighborhood, 600 miles from where they live. Their contacts on the Signal encrypted messaging app whom they knew only as 8 and Red instructed them to get into the house and compel the residents to hand over cryptocurrency, they said."
Two teenagers from San Luis Obispo County were arrested in Scottsdale after posing as deliverymen to enter a house reportedly containing $66 million in cryptocurrency. The teens said they were recruited and extorted by unknown contacts on the Signal app, who provided an address and $1,000 to buy disguises and restraining devices. An emergency call interrupted the invasion; officers heard a woman screaming and saw a struggle. Two suspects fled but were boxed in and detained. Police recovered UPS-style clothing, zip ties, duct tape and a 3D-printed gun. The teens were booked on multiple charges including aggravated assault.
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