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Crypto bros in twisted NYC kidnap case held 2 other victims ‘against their will,’ DA says while revealing sick new details

June 11, 2025
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Crypto bros in twisted NYC kidnap case held 2 other victims ‘against their will,’ DA says while revealing sick new details
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The crypto bros who allegedly tortured an Italian millionaire for his Bitcoin password also held two other victims “against their will,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday – along with shocking new details about the Soho house of horrors.

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges in a dramatic Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment filled with bombshell revelations – including of a graphic photo allegedly showing the pair sadistically setting their Italian captive on fire.

A man in an orange jumpsuit stands in a courtroom.
John Woeltz (pictured), 37, and William Duplessie, 33, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges Wednesday. Steven Hirsch
William Duplessie, in khaki prison garb, arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Woeltz and Duplessie (pictured) are accused of holding Italian crypto trader at a swanky Soho townhouse against his will for weeks. Steven Hirsch
Two men in prison attire at their arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Steven Hirsch

The twisted duo allegedly held the victim, cryptocurrency trader Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, captive for nearly three weeks in their rented Prince Street townhouse.

A prosecutor revealed that Woeltz and Duplessie had previously held two other people from two different locations “against their will” before allegedly kidnapping Carturan last month.

No details about the other alleged kidnappings were disclosed during the hearing, but prosecutors did unveil new accusations about Carturan’s harrowing experiences.

Video of alleged crypto kidnapping victim.
The crypto bros’ alleged kidnap victim seen on surveillance footage after escaping. WNBC

At one point, Woeltz and Duplessie allegedly poured tequila over Carturan, lit him aflame and doused the blaze by urinating on him, prosecutors said, describing a photo.

“He luckily doesn’t have burn injuries,” the prosecutor said about Carturan, who escaped May 23 after his alleged weeks-long ordeal.

The post Crypto bros in twisted NYC kidnap case held 2 other victims ‘against their will,’ DA says while revealing sick new details appeared first on New York Post.

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