Carturan’s ordeal was one of the latest in a spate of “wrench attacks”, which include so-called “crypto kidnappings”, combining high-tech cybertheft with old-fashioned thuggery and have been taking ...

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 32, allegedly used the so-called madam to recruit girls from a popular SoHo boutique ...

The NYC torture scheme was just the latest example of a “wrench attack,” where a thief employs brutal physical violence in ...

Michael’s phone and his parents exchanged messages on WhatsApp,” said a source, although they pointed out it was possible the ...

Duplessie seemed to have an interest in political power. “He would tell people he was running to be a Senator in Kentucky,” ...

Crypto kidnappings surge globally as criminals use violence to steal digital assets. Learn how attackers identify targets, ...

Woeltz and a business partner William Duplessie are accused of holding a man from Italy hostage for 17 days. They are accused ...

Prosecutors allege Duplessie and Woeltz held an Italian national hostage for 17 days in a Soho townhouse to force access to a ...

William Duplessie was indicted for a crypto torture case involving kidnapping and torturing an Italian businessman.

A 28-year-old Italian man on Friday escaped from a luxury $21 million Manhattan home, where he said he had been tortured for ...

The latest crime thriller gripping New York is the alleged kidnapping of a wealthy Italian man whose captors attempted to ...

The latest crime thriller gripping New York is the alleged kidnapping of a wealthy Italian man whose captors attempted to torture the crypto millionaire into giving up his bitcoin password. It began ...