The New York assault is the latest addition in a growing list of violent attempts to steal crypto through physical coercion.

Crypto investor John Woeltz faces charges for kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in a Manhattan townhouse to steal ...

A wealthy crypto investor is accused of torturing a man in a ritzy New York City townhouse by electrocuting him, ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...