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BLOODCURDLING CRYPTO KIDNAP!

National Enquirer

June 23, 2025

Tortured & drugged 2 weeks for his Bitcoin password

HARD-PARTYING crypto bros John Woeltz and William Duplessie kidnapped and tortured an Italian millionaire for over two weeks in a Big Apple townhouse in a failed attempt to bully the man into giving up the password for his Bitcoin wallet, lawmen say.

According to the New York Police Department, bloodied and barefoot Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan escaped from the $75,000-a-month rental in SoHo and flagged down a traffic officer for help.

Assistant District Attorney Michael Mattson alleges that Woeltz, 37, and Duplessie, 32, lured business associate Carturan, 28, to America by threatening to kill his family as part of their twisted plot.

After 17 days, the man escaped from the home and ran to a traffic enforcement officer for help, police reveal

NYPD Chief John Chell says, "They all know each other, but this was a kidnapping for roughly 17 days, where they tortured this person."

This story is from the June 23, 2025 edition of National Enquirer.

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