A similar story in Lebanon happened earlier this year. It was a man who wanted his own savings to cover (IIRC) a medical bill of his father. They "settled" on half of his money. Ridiculous! 

Robbing a bank to take your own money. I love it

Haha, probably. And they say it's no problem since they will be able to unstake "soon". 

Pretty soon ETH heads are going to find out the same thing when it comes time to take their staking rewards lol