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Photos Show Accuser in NYC Crypto Kidnapping Leaving House Freely, Defense Lawyers Say
- John Woeltz and William Duplessie, two crypto investors, pleaded not guilty on June 11 to kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a Manhattan townhouse.
- Prosecutors allege that the two men coerced a 28-year-old Italian man to travel to SoHo by threatening his family in order to access his Bitcoin password.
- Authorities say Carturan was held captive for 17 days and tortured with electric shocks, forced drug use, and violence, before escaping when a captor left to get a laptop.
- Officials found cocaine, a saw, chicken wire, ammunition, body armor, night vision goggles, and photos of Carturan with a gun to his head in the townhouse.
- Woeltz and Duplessie remain held without bail, face multiple charges including kidnapping and assault, and are scheduled to appear in court again on July 15.
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