They were always smoking weed at the house” — to the point that they “set off the smoke detector,” a guest said of accused Soho kidnappers John Woeltz and William

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

William Duplessie is charged with kidnapping and assaulting an Italian crypto trader in Manhattan; he and co-defendant John Woeltz allegedly tortured the victim for his Bitcoin password.

The second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin dealer inside a SoHo townhouse was seen scowling as he was remanded without bail in court Tuesday night.

The so-called 'crypto bros' including Woeltz allegedly tied the victim up using electrical cords and gave him electric shock, including using a Taser while his feet were in water.

The tortured and wounded victim escaped John Woeltz's house of horrors in an ordeal authorities described as “The Wolf of Wall Street” meets “American Psycho."

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves seeking digital assets.

A 24-year-old aspiring actress was arrested for allegedly helping a crypto investor kidnap and torture an Italian man to steal his Bitcoin password