When a bloodied man ran from a townhouse in an affluent New York neighbourhood, he revealed a complex and grisly tale of ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (WCBS/WPSD/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — The man accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for 17 days in ...

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a man​ in New York City is linked to a similar case in Kentucky.

Two crypto investors pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they kidnapped and tortured an Italian man for his Bitcoin in an upscale Manhattan townhouse. William Duplessie and John Woeltz were ...

John Woeltz, 37, has been jailed since his arrest Friday outside the luxury rental. He was taken into custody in his bathrobe. Woeltz was ordered held without bail after his hearing Thursday.

Two cryptocurrency investors met three times with the victim, a longtime friend, demanding his electronic devices and the ...

A second cryptocurrency investor was arrested this week in connection with torturing a 28-year-old Italian tourist in an effort to obtain his Bitcoin password.

An alleged accomplice in the NYC crypto kidnapping case in SoHo turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning, police say.

The investor, 37-year-old John Woeltz, and another man abused their victim for three weeks in a Manhattan townhouse as they tried to get his Bitcoin password, prosecutors say.

William Duplessie and John Woeltz pleaded not guilty and were ordered held in custody until their next court date on July 15 By Philip Marcelo l The Asssociated Press • Published June 11, 2025 ...

Grand jury indictments were unsealed Wednesday for the two men accused in the Lower Manhattan cryptocurrency and torture case​.

John Woeltz appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on cryptocurrency-related kidnapping charges, in New York, June 11, 2025. Kylie Cooper/Reuters.