Key Highlights
- Two Dallas men arrested after allegedly posing as delivery workers during an armed home invasion attempt in San Jose.
- Police link the suspects to other crimes involving people believed to hold large amounts of cryptocurrency across different jurisdictions.
- The case adds to a wider pattern of crypto-related crimes, including kidnappings and home invasions aimed at accessing victims’ digital assets.
Two Dallas men have been arrested after San Jose police linked them to an alleged attempted home invasion at a South San Jose home on September 5.
According to San Jose police, the men posed as delivery workers, and one suspect allegedly brandished a firearm during the attempted entry. Investigators believe the suspects targeted people with large crypto holdings.
Police trace the suspects to Dallas
The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. when San Jose police received a report about suspicious activity at a home in South San Jose.
The resident had checked his home security camera and saw two men outside, appearing to make a package delivery. One man was wearing a ski mask and allegedly brandished a firearm. The two men then left in a vehicle before officers arrived.
That did not end the case. Detectives from the San Jose Police Department’s Robbery Unit began tracing what happened and used automated license plate reader data to identify the vehicle seen during the incident.
The investigation eventually led them to two Dallas residents, 20-year-old Damian Vielma and 19-year-old Jeremiah Clybourn.
Police said the investigation went beyond the San Jose home. Detectives found evidence that allegedly connected the two men to several crimes in different areas, including the city of Atherton.
According to investigators, the cases followed a similar pattern: the suspects allegedly acted as delivery workers and went after people believed to have large amounts of cryptocurrency.
The crypto wealth becomes a key part of the case
Police are not describing the San Jose incident as a random break-in. Instead, investigators said the suspects appeared to target people believed to have significant cryptocurrency wealth. The department has not said how the suspects allegedly found information about the victims or how much cryptocurrency they hoped to take.
After obtaining arrest warrants, San Jose detectives worked with the U.S. Marshals Service, Dallas Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and the SJPD Covert Response Unit. On September 24, the teams located Vielma and Clybourn in Dallas and arrested them.
A search of the residence linked to the suspects also turned up several firearms and other evidence, according to police. Investigators said one of the firearms recovered was the weapon allegedly used during the San Jose incident.
Both men were booked into Dallas County Jail on charges including attempted robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle and firearm-related offenses. They are now awaiting extradition to Santa Clara County, where the San Jose case will continue.
San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih said investigators are also looking at the possibility that the suspects may have targeted other people. “Considering that these two suspects came from Dallas and targeted not just San Jose but other jurisdictions, there is a possibility that they could target more people and that they have done that already,” Shih said.
Crypto-related violent crime draws more attention
The case comes as other cryptocurrency-related crimes have been reported in 2026. Just last month, The CryptoTimes reported that California man Adam Iza was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in an attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping scheme in Danbury, Connecticut.
Prosecutors said the victims were the parents of a person connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin, and the plan was aimed at getting access to those funds.
In France, a crypto investor and his family were also attacked at their home in January. Three armed men reportedly entered the property, assaulted the parents and tied up the family. Investigators said the attackers were after the family’s cryptocurrency.
The cases are separate, but they come amid a broader rise in physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders. Chainalysis documented 46 violent crypto-related incidents through late June 2026 and said home invasions accounted for 37% of incidents in its 2026 dataset.
San Jose police are asking anyone with information about the suspects or other possible incidents to contact investigators as the case continues.
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