John Woeltz, crypto entrepreneur, was arrested for allegedly torturing a man in a SoHo, NYC apartment for weeks, police said.

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 ...

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.

The alleged victim, 28, told police he arrived in New York from Italy on May 6 and went to the home of the suspect, identified by police as John Woeltz.

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William Duplessie, 32, turned himself in to authorities yesterday. He was arrested in connection to the kidnapping and torture of 28-year-old Italian national Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, ...

A man who was charged in the kidnapping and torture of a former crypto business partner for weeks in a SoHo apartment was ordered held without bail.

This is likely the dizzying view forced on crypto kidnapping victim Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan when he was allegedly dangled over a five-story staircase while being tortured for his ...

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… ...

A cryptocurrency dispute led to the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian man in a luxury New York City townhouse for over two weeks, according to police. Two men -- John Woeltz, 37, and ...

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.

What we know about the NYC crypto kidnapping and torture case 2 men are accused of torturing a 28-year-old man over his Bitcoin password.