One of the crypto bros charged with torturing an Italian businessman in a SoHo house of horrors allegedly held his ex-fiancée ...

That fall, Duplessie began visiting a new friend, John Woeltz, at his home in Kentucky. The 150-acre property abutted the ...

Duplessie, who had harbored hopes of a career in politics, and even had the Kentucky state seal tattooed on his chest during ...

After cops led a barefoot and bathrobe-clad John Woeltz out of his luxe Soho digs the morning of May 23, the Kentucky native ...

William Duplessie and John Woeltz hatched grandiose plans in business and politics but instead drew charges in an alleged ...

Two men kidnapped and murdered victims to steal bitcoin, including Michael Mauer, whose mother’s tip helped authorities ...

The “crypto bros" who allegedly tortured an Italian millionaire to obtain his Bitcoin password have been granted $1 million bail each, but cannot pay it with cryptocurrency.

Before they allegedly kidnapped an Italian tourist, crypto bros John Woeltz and William Duplessie were rolling up to NYC nightclubs with their own security — and looking for "Instagram baddies." ...

The suspect, William Duplessie, surrendered to detectives at the 13th precinct at 7:45 a.m. Duplessie is expected to face charges of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment.

Prosecutors have said Woeltz and Duplessie lured the alleged victim -- an Italian man who is not identified in the indictment -- to New York by allegedly threatening to have his family killed ...

William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man's Bitcoin password, appears in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times ...