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FOX 5 New York on MSNWho are the 'crypto bros' behind the SoHo kidnapping case: Bitcoin, torture, NYC nightlifeTMZ reports that the men spent up to $100,000 in a single night at The Box, a popular New York City nightclub, while living at the five-star Aman Hotel.
The second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin dealer inside a SoHo townhouse was seen scowling as he was remanded without bail in court Tuesday night.
Like co-defendant John Woeltz, the second suspect is expected to face charges of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment, police sources said.
William Duplessie is expected to face kidnapping and false imprisonment charges, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
William Duplessie, 33, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury homes and cars in Florida and wracked up criminal trouble in Switzerland for allegedly beating his fiancée.
CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram has been following the latest developments and has more on the suspect's expected arraignment.
A second man has been indicted in New York after being charged with kidnapping a man for three weeks in Manhattan's upscale SoHo neighborhood, shocking him with electric wires, and dangling him over a staircase to try to get him to give up his bitcoin password,
The pair of hard-partying crypto bros accused of sadistically torturing an Italian millionaire lured him to New York City with the promise of returning Bitcoin they had allegedly stolen from him