Crypto duo faces kidnapping charges in alleged bitcoin theft attempt
William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man’s Bitcoin password, appears with his defense attorney Sanford Talkin, left, in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP)
NEW YORK: The latest crime thriller gripping New York is the alleged kidnapping of a wealthy Italian man whose captors attempted to torture the crypto millionaire into giving up his bitcoin password.It began amid the backdrop of wild parties, immortalized in pop culture through films like “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in a posh Manhattan nightclub where the nouveau riche and flashy Wall Street bros congregate.It ended on the morning of May 23, when a man ran to a police officer near Mulberry and Prince streets in the Soho…
