They were always smoking weed at the house” — to the point that they “set off the smoke detector,” a guest said of accused ...

The spot is owned by Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin who paid $135 million for the 12,536-square-foot penthouse last year.

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- face kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment charges in the case.

William Duplessie, 33, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury homes and cars in Florida and wracked up criminal trouble in Switzerland for allegedly beating his fiancée.

Learn more about the NYC crypto torture case and the men charged with holding the victim captive in a bid to steal his money.

An Italian man has said he was kidnapped and tortured in a luxury Nolita townhouse. So far, two men have been charged.

Here's how "crypto bros" William Duplessie and John Woeltz allegedly tortured a man in a SoHo townhouse to steal his Bitcoin password in a brutal wrench attack.

A second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian man in a luxury New York City apartment surrendered on ...

John Woeltz, 37, and his alleged accomplice, William Duplessie, 33, started frequenting the NYC nightclub, The Box.

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin ...

NBC New York obtained new video that shows the torture victim running down the street after his escape, 17 days into ...