DANBURY, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - More charges have been filed in the federal investigation into a Danbury kidnapping in 2024.
Saif Faiq of Saint Louis, Missouri, and James Schwab of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, both 22, and Adam Iza, 25, of California, have been charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and, now, an additional charge of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery.
The three are accused of planning and coordinating the violent carjacking of a Lamborghini in Danbury in August of 2024, so they could kidnap the two people inside, who are the parents of an individual suspected of participating in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
According to federal prosecutors, Schwab allegedly had an altercation with the victim's son at a nightclub in Miami in July of the same year. He's accused of providing the funding, transportation, and lodging for the alleged kidnappers.
Iza allegedly communicated via cellphone and encrypted messaging applications with certain of the kidnappers and directed them as to the logistics of the scheme, according to federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors also add that Faiq recruited participants for the crime, traveled to Connecticut for the planned home invasion and kidnapping, coordinated with Iza, and helped conduct surveillance on the victims.
Six other individuals were charged with offenses related to the carjacking and kidnapping. All have pleaded guilty.
The victims' Lamborghini was rammed, at which time the couple was forcibly removed from the vehicle and put into a van where they were to be tied up and taken to a holding area, but the van crashed while trying to escape from police as officers responded to eyewitness reports made to 911.