John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- have since been indicted by a grand jury on a dozen counts, including kidnapping, assault and coercion.

John Woeltz charged in alleged NYC crypto kidnapping. According to court documents, Woeltz and an accomplice held the victim captive inside a SoHo apartment on Prince Street for three weeks.

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

Cyrpto kings John Woeltz, 37, and his alleged accomplice, William Duplessie, 33, are known for dropping $100,000 in a single night partying it up at an exclusive erotic nightclub.

John Woeltz, 37, was arrested on Friday, May 23, per a statement from the New York Police Department (NYPD) obtained by PEOPLE, after the tourist, 28, escaped from an upscale N.Y.C. apartment that ...

John Woeltz rented the Prince Street townhouse in Nolita where the alleged kidnapping and torture took place. An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and ...

New York police officers arrest John Woeltz, May 23, 2025, in New York. Kava Gorna via AP. MORE: 2 NYPD detectives employed by suspect in crypto torture case under investigation: Sources.

Before they allegedly kidnapped an Italian tourist, crypto bros John Woeltz and William Duplessie were rolling up to NYC nightclubs with their own security — and looking for “Instagram baddie… ...

Crypto trader John Woeltz, accused of kidnapping a 28-year-old Italian man, repeatedly shocked his victim with electric wires, held him upside down from the top of a staircase, and threatened to ki… ...

John Woeltz, a crypto entrepreneur, allegedly kidnapped and tortured a tourist in Manhattan for passwords, using extreme methods like a chainsaw and taser.

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 ...