Second crypto bigwig arrested in tourist bitcoin kidnapping and torture case in New York City
A crypto trader sought in the horrific torture of an Italian tourist in a posh New York City townhouse has surrendered to police — after living it up in the Hamptons over the holiday weekend, law-enforcement sources told New York Post.
William Duplessie, 33, of Miami, Florida, showed up at the 13th Precinct in Manhattan around 7.45am on Tuesday (local time), and looked grim as he was hauled off to court in cuffs several hours later. He refused to answer reporters’ questions.
The suspect – dressed in a long-sleeve white polo shirt, black slacks and loafers with no socks – was charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm, police said.
He was sought in the gruesome case after the victim,…
