Two people were arrested in New York City on Friday in connection with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist, authorities said.

Learn more about the NYC crypto torture case and the men charged with holding the victim captive in a bid to steal his money.

New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where an Italian man was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin.

Woeltz's supposed assistant, Beatrice Folchi, 24, was also taken into custody in relation to the crime and faces one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of first-degree unlawful imprisonment.

A New York City Police detective assigned to Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail will be questioned in relation to a bizarre crypto currency kidnapping and torture plot after he allegedly delivered the victim to his tormentors,

William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, have been accused of holding a 28-year-old Italian man hostage for over two weeks and torturing him in an attempt to steal his bitcoin.

The second suspect in the SoHo crypto torture case has surrendered and now faces charges including kidnapping and assault.

They were always smoking weed at the house” — to the point that they “set off the smoke detector,” a guest said of accused Soho kidnappers John Woeltz and William