It comes after the arrest Friday of John Woeltz, the so-called "Kentucky crypto king" who is accused of holding a man hostage for weeks in a New York City townhome, beating him, ...

months before John Woeltz's arrest in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. "She says her son's being held for ransom," the employee at the hotel in Paducah, Kentucky, said to police. Son sent texts for help ...

A Kentucky man, 37-year-old John Woeltz, was arrested in Lower Manhattan over the weekend, accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist.

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

Crypto Kidnapping Torture Bitcoin Paducah John Woeltz Armed Investigation PADUCAH, Ky. (WCBS/WPSD/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — The man accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for 17 days ...

Who is John Woeltz? Authorities believe Woeltz is a big-name cryptocurrency trader from Kentucky with an estimated worth around $100 million; sources said the victim is worth an estimated $30 million.

John Woeltz, the Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is innocent -- and being manipulated by someone else, a relative claimed to The Post.

New York City cops joined federal officials and Kentucky State Police to go through a property belonging to cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz and his associate William Duplessie, according to TMZ.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...