New York Man Denied Bail Over Alleged Bitcoin Ransom, Torture Plot

The great jury of Manhattan has accused one of two men who are allegedly involved in the case of a high abduction and torture of the Italian crypto investor.

William Duplexie, 32, was officially handed over on Friday for her alleged involvement in the abduction, attack, illegal prison and possession of weapons, in conspiracy to extract Bitcoin from unnamed victims through weekly violent coercives, according to Associated Press report.

Duplexie, along with John Woeltz, 37, were accused of receiving a victim to the Soho City House on May 6th by threatening to kill a victim family.

The two of them were formally charged last weekwith Woeltz on Thursday rejected bail after requesting a release of a $ 2 million bond.

At the hearing, Woeltz’s lawyer cited the lack of a criminal file of his client, a diploma of philosophy and professional achievements, according to a report from Associated Press.

“He was very successful in the technology world,” said Wayne Gosnell, a representative of Woeltz, at hearing.

Woeltz, who did not appear in court, had “every intention of fighting this case,” said the lawyer at Manhattan.

Duplex handed over Manhattan police on Tuesday last week, while a third party, Beatrice Folchi, was arrested and charged with first -degree abduction and an illegal prison. Folchi was released until further investigation.

Duplexie requested a million dollars bail but was rejected for the seriousness of the case. Indictments for Duplexie and Woeltz will remain sealed until June 11 for their negotiations.

House of horror

The victim, identified as a 28-year-old Italian citizen, was allegedly trapped for 17 days.

Woeltz and Duplexie allegedly tortured the victim of electric wires, forcing the victim to smoke cocaine from the crack pipe, and in one case the victim hung from a five -story high staircase.

The abduction turned around the morning of May 23. After Woeltz allegedly pulled the gun, the victim thought they would shoot them and pretended to agree to surrender their password, according to a Washington Post report.

While the kidnappers went to take a laptop from another room, the victim managed to rush down and escape to nearby streets.

Strengthened, bloody and barefoot, the victim immediately sought the help of a traffic carriage official at the corner of Mulberry Street.

Police later searched the City House a saw, cocaine, chicken wire, body armor, nighttime glasses, ballistic helmets and ammunition.

Polaroid photographs of the victim with a gun in the head and shirts that depicted the victim showed the cocaine tube, according to the description of the auxiliary district prosecutor Michael Mattson ABC News report.

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Decipher He reached for comments from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, as well as Duplexie and Woeltz’s lawyers.

Edited Sebastian Sinclair