Crypto investor has been charged with kidnapping and torture by the victim in Bitcoin
A US cryptocurrency investor faced criminal charges after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man in Manhattan for a few weeks in an attempt to steal his bitcoin
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John Woeltz, 37, was arrested on Saturday on multiple charges, including kidnapping, attacking, and owned by illegal guns, after he held a 28-year-old man captive in a luxury town, authorities said.
The Italian man traveled to New York earlier this month and was trapped in a five-storey rent in the Nolita neighborhood, where prosecutors Woeltz and an anonymous accomplice said he began abuse to obtain his credentials in the crypto purse.
The townhouse, enlisted at least $ 30,000 a month, has been the site of a long week’s difficulty. Prosecutors said the victim was beaten, shocked by electric wires, and threatened to gunpoint.
At one point, he was hanging on a staircase and said he would kill him if he did not give up. He also warned him that his family would be doomed, the The New York Times report.
The victim fled Friday morning, fled by a traffic official after fleeing home. Police arrested Woeltz at the scene and discovered pictures of Polaroid showing abuse, along with weapons and other torture equipment.
The second person, Beatrice Folchi, was also arrested, while a third suspect remained large.
This attack is part of a disturbing pattern: the cryptocurrency industry has seen twelve -physical attacks this year. In a recent case, the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, CEO of the Crypto Paymium Platform, is to target a Tried kidnapping caught in the video and posted online.
That attempt failed, but earlier in the same city, a father of a millionaire millionaire was abducted And there was a finger that was cut before rescuing.
In another incident, David Balland, co-founder of hardware wallet maker Ledger, and his wife were kidnapped from their home. They will eventually Saved by the authoritiesand a paid ransom was obtained.
