A second man charged within the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man for his Bitcoin has been indicted.
A Manhattan grand jury handed up the indictment Friday towards William Duplessie, in line with Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg’s workplace. The indictment will stay sealed till his arraignment June 11.
Prosecutors say Duplessie and fellow crypto investor John Woeltz, 37, lured the sufferer to a complicated townhouse in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood on Might 6 by threatening to kill his household.
The person, a 28-year-old Italian nationwide who has not been named by officers, mentioned he was then held captive for 17 days, as the 2 buyers tormented him with electrical wires, compelled him to smoke from a crack pipe and at one level dangled him from a staircase 5 tales excessive.
He ultimately agreed handy over his pc password Friday morning, then managed to flee the house as his captors went to retrieve the system.
The grand jury resolution adopted Duplessie’s temporary look Friday morning in Manhattan courtroom.
A choose reminded him a protecting order was nonetheless in impact, although he didn’t identify who it was regarding.
Duplessie, who’s listed as a founder or investor at numerous blockchain-based corporations, was escorted in handcuffs and wore a jail jumpsuit. He didn’t deal with the courtroom.
Each Duplessie and Woeltz stay in custody.
New York Metropolis police are additionally investigating two detectives who labored safety on the upscale Manhattan townhouse the place the person says he was kidnapped and tortured.
The detectives have been positioned on modified depart pending the result of the inquiry. A lawyer for the labor union representing NYPD detectives mentioned there’s “absolutely no indication” both officer witnessed any of the alleged criminality.
