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

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in New York City is linked to a similar case in Kentucky ... of the victim's panicked mother in February, months before John Woeltz's ...

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

NEW YORK -- The two men charged in an alleged kidnapping and torture case in SoHo have pleaded not guilty to charges against them on Wednesday. John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 32, who ...

‘Crypto king' denied bail in New York City townhouse torture case NBC New York obtained exclusive video that shows the torture victim running down the street after his escape, 17 days into ...

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

Officials say Duplessie is a business partner of John Woeltz. The 37-year-old Woeltz, the so-called "crypto king," allegedly held the man captive inside the six-story Nolita townhome for more than ...

NEW YORK -- A crypto entrepreneur was arrested Friday after a tourist from Italy told police he was tortured in the suspect's luxury apartment in New York City for more than two weeks, according ...

John Woeltz, 37, has been charged with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the New York City Police Department.

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.

John Woeltz made headlines on Friday following his arrest in New York City for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man in a bid to get access to his Bitcoin password. Prior to that, the 37-year ...