William Duplessie and John Woeltz, two cryptocurrency investors, have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing Italian man Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan for over two weeks in Manhattan. Carturan managed to escape and inform the police about brutal treatment including threats and physical abuse aimed at coercing him to surrender his bitcoin. The incident, rooted in financial motives, underscores extreme criminal actions observed within the high-stakes cryptocurrency world.
The Italian man reported that he was brutally tortured over 17 days, with his captors attempting to force him to surrender his bitcoin fortune.
Authorities indicate that the two wealthy cryptocurrency investors, Duplessie and Woeltz, orchestrated the kidnapping to steal from their associate.
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