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

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote called by the main opposition party on Wednesday over a bitcoin-related scandal. Only 94 opposition lawmakers in the ...

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a ... The call came from a Holiday Inn employee on behalf of the victim's panicked mother in February, months before John Woeltz's arrest in ...

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

Photos show accuser in NYC crypto kidnapping leaving house freely, defense lawyers say William Duplessie and John Woeltz pleaded not guilty and were ordered held in custody until their next court ...

Suspects in New York City crypto torture case plead not guilty to kidnapping and assault John Woeltz and William Duplessie were ordered held without bail.

Wayne Gosnell, center, attorney for John Woeltz, cryptocurrency investor charged for kidnapping and false imprisonment, exits a courtroom, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in New York.

John Woeltz, 37, appears for arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court after he was arrested for allegedly holding an Italian tourist hostage in an apparent scheme to steal the man's cryptocurrency ...

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.

John Woeltz appears in Manhattan Criminal Court Saturday. Woeltz was indicted by a grand jury on suspicion of kidnapping a business partner to steal his cryptocurrency, prosecutors said Wednesday ...

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 rented the Prince Street townhouse in Nolita where the alleged kidnapping and torture took place.