Crypto investor charged with kidnapping, torturing man in an NYC apartment
A cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a man and keeping him locked up for weeks in an upscale Manhattan apartment, where authorities say he was beaten, shocked and led to believe that his family was in danger if he didn’t give up his Bitcoin password.
John Woeltz, 37, was arrested on Friday night after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom town house and flagged down a traffic officer on the street for help, according to prosecutors.
Woeltz was arraigned on Saturday on charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm, court records show.
