A Hong Kong national has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a brutal 13-hour home invasion where attackers posing as Canada Post employees tortured a British Columbia family and stole approximately $2.2 million from their cryptocurrency accounts.
The Violent Home Invasion
According to court documents, Tsz Wing Boaz Chan, 35, was sentenced by a B.C. provincial court judge on November 14, 2025. The court found that Chan specifically traveled to Canada to participate in the April 27, 2024 attack on a family in Port Moody, B.C., whose identities remain protected by a publication ban.
The nightmare began when two men dressed in Canada Post uniforms knocked on the family's door claiming to have a package requiring a signature. When the daughter went to retrieve her father, the men forced their way inside, followed by two additional accomplices.
All four intruders wore gloves and masks, communicated in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, and referred to each other only by numbers. They immediately restrained the family members using zip ties and seized their electronic devices.
Thirteen Hours of Terror
What followed was an extended 13-hour ordeal of psychological and physical torture. The attackers subjected the family to multiple forms of abuse while demanding access to their cryptocurrency accounts.
The father was kept blindfolded except when his face was needed to unlock his phone. Both he and his wife were waterboarded - a torture method that simulates drowning. The father was also stripped naked, beaten repeatedly, and threatened with genital mutilation if he didn't comply.
The daughter suffered particularly degrading treatment, being forced to strip naked and perform on camera while making sexually explicit statements. The attackers recorded the humiliation and threatened to release the footage if the family contacted police.
The Crypto Theft and Aftermath
Under extreme duress, the father provided access to his and his wife's cryptocurrency accounts. The thieves made multiple withdrawals totaling US$1.6 million (approximately $2.2 million CAD), effectively draining both accounts completely.
The ordeal finally ended when the daughter managed to escape after believing the attackers had left. She contacted police from a friend's house around 8:30 a.m. the following morning.
When officers arrived, they discovered the father naked from the waist down with his hands still zip-tied behind his back. His wife was found bound, gagged, and wrapped in a blanket.
Police evidence collection revealed the extensive planning behind the attack. Investigators recovered zip ties, surveillance cameras, knives, collapsible batons, duct tape, bear spray, bleach, and three exterior cameras aimed at the home with a hidden power source in nearby bushes.
Chan's seven-year sentence represents the first conviction in this disturbing case that highlights the extreme risks facing cryptocurrency holders and the sophisticated methods employed by modern criminal organizations.
