Imagine you just told the whole world that you have a lot of money in your house. Sounds risky, right? That’s exactly what happened to a famous Twitch and Kick streamer named Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa had a scary home invasion after she told everyone about her cryptocurrency assets.
Millions of people follow the Houston-based content creator across multiple platforms. She said that armed men broke into her home, demanded cryptocurrency, and beat her up in a horrible ordeal.
There is an incident that happened back in late November last year when Siragusa posted a screenshot that showed she had around $20 million in Bitcoin and $75,450 in Ethereum in her coinbase wallet.
Source: Amouranth’s Coinbase Wallet
Revealing such a large amount online may have made her a target for thieves looking for an easy way to make money.
At around 11 p.m. on Sunday, three men in masks broke into her house through a patio window and into her bedroom.
Siragusa was sleeping when the attack happened. She posted about it on X (formerly Twitter) in real time: “I’m being robbed at gunpoint. These people were yelling that they wanted crypto, and they pulled me out of bed. I think I shot one of them.
Even though the attackers went after her, Siragusa fought back, and her husband, who was with her, shot at them. “I think I shot one of them. They were yelling that they wanted crypto, and they dragged me out of bed.”
“They pistol-whipped me, but I got one. I’m bleeding a lot, but I’m okay. I’m going to the hospital,” she wrote later.
Later, she posted footage on social media showing her leading the men through her home. As the gunshots go off, the suspects run away in a panic. It sounds like one of them said, “I just got shot.”
Later, a blood trail was found outside of her house, meaning one of them was possibly injured. Police are looking into whether one of the suspects was hurt or not.
When emergency services reached, they took Siragusa to the hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening. She told her 3.8 million followers, “This was a home invasion and SWAT is here, now I’m safe.”
This highlights how dangerous can be for anyone to share their cryptocurrency holdings with the public no matter the reason.
Thieves find digital assets easier to steal than money in bank accounts because recovering them is difficult. This makes crypto holders easy targets for those who use force.
Violent crypto-related robberies have been increasing in both the U.S. and the U.K., making digital asset holders a growing target for criminals.
In January, she said that OnlyFans had made her $57 million over four years, which put her even more in the spotlight.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to arrests. Police urge anyone with details to come forward.
