An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin password.

William Duplessie is charged with kidnapping and assaulting an Italian crypto trader in Manhattan; he and co-defendant John Woeltz allegedly tortured the victim for his Bitcoin password.

The second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin dealer inside a SoHo townhouse was seen scowling as he was remanded without bail in court Tuesday night.

The so-called 'crypto bros' including Woeltz allegedly tied the victim up using electrical cords and gave him electric shock, including using a Taser while his feet were in water.

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves seeking digital assets.

Crypto trader John Woeltz, accused of kidnapping a 28-year-old Italian man, repeatedly shocked his victim with electric wires, held him upside down from the top of a staircase, and threatened to

A 24-year-old aspiring actress was arrested for allegedly helping a crypto investor kidnap and torture an Italian man to steal his Bitcoin password

Beatrice Folchi is the 24-year-old brunette beauty who was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the kidnap and torture of an Italian man in SoHo.