Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley broke with his party Thursday to oppose the GENIUS Act, a cryptocurrency bill that would ...

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

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a man​ in New York City is linked to a similar case in Kentucky.

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

Photos show accuser in NYC crypto kidnapping leaving house freely, defense lawyers say William Duplessie and John Woeltz pleaded not guilty and were ordered held in custody until their next court ...

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 ...

She did not elaborate. John Woeltz and William Duplessie appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on cryptocurrency-related kidnapping charges, in New York, June 11, 2025.

But Mr. Carturan and Mr. Woeltz had a falling out over money, and Mr. Carturan flew to Italy before Mr. Woeltz persuaded him to return to New York on May 6, according to prosecutors and the report.

In a Wednesday hearing in the New York Supreme Criminal Court, John Woeltz and William Duplessie pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and false imprisonment of Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan ...

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An alleged kidnapping in New York is the latest instance in which authorities say cryptocurrency-related crimes have involved real-world violence.

John Woeltz, 37, has been jailed since his arrest Friday outside the luxury rental. He was taken into custody in his bathrobe. Woeltz was ordered held without bail after his hearing Thursday.