Alleged crypto torturers plead not guilty after indictment on kidnapping, assault charges unsealed in New York – DL News
- Prosecutors unsealed indictments against John Woeltz and William Duplessie on Wednesday.
- The pair allegedly tortured a man for his Bitcoin.
- They face 12 charges, including assaulting the man with a chainsaw.
- The case is part of a global wave of crypto kidnappings.
On Wednesday, prosecutors unsealed indictments against crypto executives John Woeltz and William Duplessie, who are accused of kidnapping a former partner and torturing him for almost three weeks in a posh New York townhouse.
A grand jury has charged the pair with three counts of kidnapping, criminal possession of a weapon, six counts of assault, coercion, and attempted grand larceny.
Between May 6 and May 23, Woeltz, 37, and Duplessie, 33, kidnapped and assaulted a man using a…
