NEW YORK — A cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a man and keeping him locked up for weeks in an upscale Manhattan apartment, where authorities say he was beaten, ...

A wealthy crypto investor is accused of torturing a man in a ritzy Soho townhouse by electrocuting him, pistol-whipping him ...

Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one charge each of ...

In a plot like a bad Hollywood thriller, New York police told AFP on Sunday that they arrested 37-year-old John Woeltz, a ...

John Woeltz, 37, was taken into custody Friday after the victim escaped from a luxury Manhattan townhouse and stopped an ...

A cryptocurrency investor is facing serious charges after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man for weeks inside a ...

Two individuals were arrested in New York for the kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist in a Bitcoin-related crime.

John Woeltz, 37, was arrested Friday night after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom, according to authorities.

The hackers stole tons of company data and demanded a ransom of about Rs. 4.5 lakh (approximately $5,283) in Bitcoins.

A cryptocurrency investor, John Woeltz, was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in Manhattan to obtain his Bitcoin password. The victim was beaten, shocked, and threatened ...