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

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

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin password.

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

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 ...

In recent months, cases of kidnappings or attempted abductions in the cryptocurrency world have multiplied globally as ...

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin ...

The pair of hard-partying crypto bros accused of sadistically torturing an Italian millionaire lured him to New York City with the promise of returning Bitcoin they had allegedly stolen from him ...

William Duplessie, 33, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury homes and cars in Florida and wracked up criminal ...

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