They were always smoking weed at the house” — to the point that they “set off the smoke detector,” a guest said of accused ...

Learn more about the NYC crypto torture case and the men charged with holding the victim captive in a bid to steal his money.

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin ...

An Italian man has said he was kidnapped and tortured in a luxury Nolita townhouse. So far, two men have been charged ...

William Duplessie, 33, is charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and possession of a firearm.

SOHO, Manhattan -- One of two cryptocurrency investors under arrest in the alleged kidnapping and torture of a man in New York has waived his court appearance on Wednesday morning.

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- face kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment charges in the case.

A second suspect surrendered to police Tuesday morning in the harrowing case of a cryptocurrency trader who was allegedly ...

A second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin investor in New York surrendered on Tuesday, ...

Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one charge each of ...

The so-called 'crypto bros' including Woeltz allegedly tied the victim up using electrical cords and gave him electric shock, ...

William Duplessie is charged with kidnapping and assaulting an Italian crypto trader in Manhattan; he and co-defendant John ...