Crypto boss kidnapping case unfolds in NYC
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Authorities in New York have charged a Kentucky-based crypto boss alongside his young, Italian-native assistant in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a tourist. The dramatic case has exposed a bizarre underworld of crime where high-flying digital money meets brutal criminality, leaving investigators no choice but to dig deeper.
Crypto kidnappings have been on the rise around the globe thanks to the increasing value of the currency and the low-risk factor for criminals, according to experts.
John Woeltz, the Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is innocent -- and being manipulated by someone else, a relative claimed to The Post.
Beatrice Folchi is the 24-year-old brunette beauty who was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the kidnap and torture of an Italian man in SoHo.
Two people were arrested in New York City on Friday for the kidnapping and torture of a tourist from Italy, according to police.
Officials say a cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house.
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