The “Crypto King of Kentucky” Allegedly Kidnapped and Tortured a Man For Weeks in NYC Over His Bitcoin Stash
In Manhattan’s tony Nolita neighborhood, the so-called “Crypto King of Kentucky” allegedly held an Italian man hostage and tortured him for weeks when trying to gain access to his Bitcoin wallet.
As NBC New York reports, the purported “king,” whose real name is John Woelz, was arrested and arraigned after the Italian tourist he allegedly kidnapped escaped on foot — literally speaking, as he was filmed running barefoot — to find help.
That tourist, as the New York Times reports, was identified as a millionaire named Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan who had been in a tumultuous business partnership with Woelz and a third man, William Duplessie.
Before things went sour, the relationship between the three men was described by…
