Crypto Kidnap Suspects Plead Not Guilty, Are Held Without Bail
(Bloomberg) — Two men accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an attempt to force him to turn over access to his cryptocurrency accounts pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with first-degree kidnapping.
The defendants, John Woeltz and William Duplessie, made their pleas before New York State Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro in Manhattan on Wednesday and were held without bail pending another appearance in July. Assistant District Attorney Sarah Khan asked Carro to keep the two men in prison, while their attorneys requested they be released on $1 million bail packages.
The two were arrested after the victim, severely injured and barefoot, escaped from the Prince Street townhouse where he was…
