Second suspect arrested in the suspected NYC Bitcoin torture scheme

A second suspect has been arrested for claiming to abduct and torment an Italian tourist at a superb home in Manhattan for weeks in an attempt to steal his cryptocurrency.

William Duplesi, 32, surrendered to authorities on Tuesday after his alleged accomplice was arrested last week.

Their alleged victim told police that it was hung from the roof ledge, shocked by electric conductors and attacked with a cutter, as his attackers wanted to open his Bitcoin wallets password.

Both suspects are accused of abducting with the intention of collecting ransom, attack, illegal prison and other crimes.

The arrests came after the victim was able to escape from a home to Soho, one of the most rich neighborhoods in New York, where he was said to have been tortured and tied for nearly three weeks.

According to police, duplessie is a business partner of John Woeltz, 37, FridayS

G -N Woeltz is a cryptocurrency investor from Kentucky and hires SOHO’s home, where the attacks have occurred between $ 30,000 ($ 22,000) and $ 40,000 a month, according to BBC News CBS News.

Police also arrested another woman on Friday, but prosecutors refused to charges her.

The alleged victim told the police that he had come to New York from Italy on May 6 and that after arriving at the suspect’s house, D -n -Velz took his passport and was captured until he was captured until he escaped Friday morning.

The victim, who was not appointed publicly, was able to escape from home on Friday, according to prosecutors.

He reported a police attack and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Police say he had a gun pointed at his head, was hit with a gun and had threats to his family as his attackers wanted to disclose his password.

A police demand for the home found some Polaroid photos of the victim, which is bound and tortured, as well as firearms and drugs in the luxury home, police say.

In a separate case in France, Police have arrested more than 20 people After a number of abduction subjects aimed at cryptocurrencies and their families.

Authorities said the arrests were in connection with investigations into a recent attempt to abduct in Nantes and an attempt to abduct a woman and a child in Paris in May.