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New York police officers arrest John Woeltz, Friday, May 23, 2025, in New York, who was charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale ...

Two crypto investors have pleaded not guilty to charges they kidnapped and tortured an Italian man for his Bitcoin in a Manhattan townhouse. William Duplessie and John Woeltz were ordered held ...

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

Woeltz has described himself in interviews as a blockchain investor who spent time in Silicon Valley before returning to Kentucky’s burgeoning crypto-mining industry.

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.