John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- have since been indicted by a grand jury on a dozen counts, including kidnapping, assault and coercion.

Two cryptocurrency investors, who are charged in connection with the alleged weeks-long torture of an Italian tourist in an upscale Manhattan townhouse, allegedly held two other victims against their ...

When a bloodied man ran from a townhouse in an affluent New York neighbourhood, he revealed a complex and grisly tale of alleged cryptocurrency kidnapping.

Alleged crypto torturer William Duplessie once did something so allegedly outrageous at the ritzy Aman in NYC that he was kicked out of the property, a source tells Page Six. Duplessie and fellow ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A second cryptocurrency investor surrendered to police Tuesday in the alleged kidnapping of a man who said he was tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by ...

William Duplessie, 33, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury homes and cars in Florida and wracked up criminal trouble in Switzerland for allegedly beating his fiancée, ...

William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man's Bitcoin password, appears with his defense attorney Sanford Talkin, left, in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday ...

William Duplessie, 33, of Miami, Fla., showed up at the 13th Precinct in Manhattan around 7:45 a.m. — and looked grim as he was hauled off to court in cuffs several hours later.

William Duplessie, right, is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York.

William Duplessie, right, is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New York.