In a separate case in France, police have arrested more than 20 people following a number of kidnapping plots targeting crypto entrepreneurs and their families.

A man known as the "crypto king of Kentucky" is being charged with the kidnapping and torture of a business partner in New York City.This is according to WLWT news affiliate NBC News New York.John ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A second cryptocurrency investor surrendered to police Tuesday in the alleged ... in crypto theft, including a recent wave of violence directed at wealthy holders of digital currency.

In brief: A second crypto-investor has been arrested over the alleged kidnapping and torture of a man by captors who wanted to steal the password for his Bitcoin account.

A second person has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a man held for weeks over access to his Bitcoin password. The arrest of 32-year-old William Duplessie on Tue… ...

Woeltz, a crypto entrepreneur, was arrested Friday after a tourist from Italy told police he was tortured in the suspect's eight-bedroom SoHo townhouse for more than two weeks, according to police.

While the horrific crime, for which crypto bros John Woeltz and William Duplessie have been arrested, is obviously very close to home, it’s part of a rash of kidnappings in recent months. France ...

A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an upscale Manhattan home for weeks in an effort to steal his cryptocurrency. William Duplessie, 32 ...

In a separate case in France, police have arrested more than 20 people following a number of kidnapping plots targeting crypto entrepreneurs and their families.

In a separate case in France, police have arrested more than 20 people following a number of kidnapping plots targeting crypto entrepreneurs and their families. Authorities said the arrests were in ...

According to police, Mr Duplessie is the business partner of John Woeltz, 37, who was arrested on Friday. Mr Woeltz is a crypto investor from Kentucky and has been renting the SoHo home - where ...

According to police, Mr Duplessie is the business partner of John Woeltz, 37, who was arrested on Friday. Mr Woeltz is a crypto investor from Kentucky and has been renting the SoHo home - where ...