Crypto investor in New York charged in kidnapping and torture plot – The Irish Times
A cryptocurrency investor was arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on Saturday morning and charged with kidnapping an Italian man and then beating and torturing him for several weeks, allegedly to extract cryptocurrency passwords.
The 37-year-old crypto investor, John Woeltz, was arrested on Friday after allegedly torturing the man in a home in the upscale Manhattan neighbourhood of Soho. The victim reportedly escaped the five-storey home on Friday and sought help from the police, who later arrested Mr Woeltz.
According to the New York Times, the police found Polaroid photos inside the home that documented the weeks-long torture.
Mr Woeltz and two accomplices allegedly detained and tortured the 28-year-old man in the home Mr Woeltz had…
