‘Crypto king’ partner to turn himself in for NYC townhome torture – NBC New York

A second suspect is expected to turn himself in to police custody, according to law enforcement sources, in a wild case involving a so-called “crypto king” and weeks of torture at a posh New York City townhouse.

The suspect will likely turn himself over to police within a week, multiple law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case told NBC New York. The man has only been identified as a business partner of John Woeltz, who was arrested Friday and charged with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man in an effort to get his Bitcoin password.

The 37-year-old Woeltz, known by some as the “crypto king of Kentucky,” allegedly held the man captive inside the six-story Nolita townhome for more than two…

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