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John Woeltz, 37, has been jailed since his arrest ... to a posh townhouse in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, one of the city’s most expensive, by threatening to kill his family.
John Woeltz and William Duplessie, the two men arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Italian tourist Michael Valentino. Teofrasto Carturan once brought a freezer bag full of cocaine and hir
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Second Person Is Charged in NYC Crypto Kidnapping and Torture Case as New Details EmergeLearn more about the NYC crypto torture case and the men charged with holding the victim captive in a bid to steal his money.
An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin password.
John Woeltz, 37, and his alleged accomplice, William Duplessie, 33, started frequenting the NYC nightclub, The Box.
Like co-defendant John Woeltz, the second suspect is expected to face charges of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment, police sources said.
Woeltz's supposed assistant, Beatrice Folchi, 24, was also taken into custody in relation to the crime and faces one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of first-degree unlawful imprisonment.
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