Who is John Woeltz? $100M crypto king kidnaps, tortures Italian man for Bitcoin password in NYC before dramatic escape

A cryptocurrency investor from Kentucky has been accused of torturing an Italian businessman with a chainsaw for weeks in an attempt to obtain his Bitcoin password at a ritzy Manhattan apartment. The captive eventually managed to make a daring escape. Law enforcement sources described the victim’s shocking ordeal as “The Wolf of Wall Street” meets “American Psycho,” as reported by the New York Post. The victim was a 28-year-old businessman. 

Who is John Woeltz? $100M crypto king kidnaps, tortures Italian man for Bitcoin password in NYC before dramatic escape (Unsplash - representational image)
Who is John Woeltz? $100M crypto king kidnaps, tortures Italian man for Bitcoin password in NYC before dramatic escape (Unsplash – representational image)

The suspect, 37-year-old John Woeltz, was arrested after the bloodied and bruised victim broke out of the SoHo horror…

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