NEW YORK (AP) — A second man charged in the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man for his Bitcoin has been indicted. A ...

William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, have been accused of holding a 28-year-old Italian man hostage for over two weeks ...

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- face kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment charges in the case.

An alleged accomplice in the NYC crypto kidnapping case in SoHo turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning, police say.

Officials say a cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against ...

An Italian man who was tortured and held against his will inside a Manhattan apartment for weeks managed to escape his captor ...

The 37-year-old Kentucky man charged with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man allegedly held captive for weeks inside a Manhattan townhouse aimed to get the man's password to Bitcoin ...

The high-profile Bitcoin kidnapping case​ was back before a judge in Manhattan on Wednesday, but proceedings were put on hold ...

An Italian man has said he was kidnapped and tortured in a luxury Nolita townhouse. So far, two men have been charged ...

NEW YORK — A second man charged in the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man for his Bitcoin has been indicted. A Manhattan grand jury handed up the indictment Friday against William ...

William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man's Bitcoin password, appears in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times ...