Italian businessman tortured for weeks with chainsaw and Taser in luxury New York apartment by crypto investor, police say
A cryptocurrency investor from Kentucky was arrested in Manhattan on Friday after allegedly holding an Italian businessman captive for more than two weeks in a luxury SoHo apartment.
John Woeltz, 37, has been charged with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the New York City Police Department.
A bloody and bruised 28-year-old businessman, who has not been publicly identified, allegedly escaped Woeltz’s Prince Street apartment hours before he believed he would be…
