That fall, Duplessie began visiting a new friend, John Woeltz, at his home in Kentucky. The 150-acre property abutted the ...

The ‘Crypto King’ accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a swanky Manhattan townhouse was only bailed out of ...

Apparently, Charlie Zakkour of Bravo’s “Next Gen NYC” helped recruit employees to party with the suspects in the alleged New ...

A crypto investor charged with kidnapping an Italian man in a Manhattan townhouse for days to steal his Bitcoin has been ...

Duplessie, who had harbored hopes of a career in politics, and even had the Kentucky state seal tattooed on his chest during ...

One of the New York City "crypto bros" accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian millionaire to extract his Bitcoin ...

One of the suspects accused of engaging in a gruesome torture plot inside a SoHo townhouse to retrieve an Italian man’s Bitcoin password was released from Rikers Island on a $1 million bond ...

Crypto investors William Duplessie and John Woeltz were granted home confinement. They're accused of torturing a bitcoin ...

New York Supreme Criminal Court Judge Gregory Carro set bail at $1 million each for John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, who have been in custody since their arrest in May.

Two men accused of torturing and holding a man hostage in a Manhattan townhouse for several weeks as they tried to access his cryptocurrency were granted bail Wednesday, according to updated case ...

Ivaibi had been the victim of a classic crime with a modern twist: crypto kidnapping. It’s been around for nearly a decade but has become increasingly common in recent years as the value of ...

John Woeltz was arraigned in New York Criminal Court at 9:00 EST (14:00 BST) on charges of kidnapping with intent to collect ransom, assault, unlawful imprisonment and other counts, court records ...