John Woeltz, 37, and his alleged accomplice, William Duplessie, 33, started frequenting the NYC nightclub, The Box.

Prosecutors allege Duplessie and Woeltz held an Italian national hostage for 17 days in a Soho townhouse to force access to a ...

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

The duo was spotted there on multiple nights in a row, reportedly spending between $80,000 and $100,000 during each visit.

A grand jury has indicted a 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor on suspicion of kidnapping a business partner in Manhattan's ...

The latest crime thriller gripping New York is the alleged kidnapping of a wealthy Italian man whose captors attempted to ...

The investigation into the bitcoin torture case in New York City has revealed gruesome details about the alleged kidnapping ...

The service of the two officers has been "modified," the NYPD confirmed, as an internal review into their potential ...

holding him captive inside a posh townhouse in Nolita for weeks in a bid to get the man’s Bitcoin password. John Woeltz, 37, has been jailed since his arrest Friday outside the luxury rental.

Here's how "crypto bros" William Duplessie and John Woeltz allegedly tortured a man in a SoHo townhouse to steal his Bitcoin password in a brutal wrench attack.