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

After cops led a barefoot and bathrobe-clad John Woeltz out of his luxe Soho digs the morning of May 23, the Kentucky native gave up the name of his associate William Duplessie that afternoon, ...

Crypto investors William Duplessie and John Woeltz were granted home confinement. They're accused of torturing a bitcoin millionaire in NYC.

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 ...

Charlie Zakkour, a cast member of Bravo's reality series Next Gen NYC, was present outside a Soho townhouse during the arrest ...

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

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

NEW YORK -- The two men charged in an alleged kidnapping and torture case in SoHo have pleaded not guilty to charges against them on Wednesday. John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 32, who ...

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