Crypto investor John Woeltz from Kentucky was charged in NYC for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist for three weeks to gain crypto passwords
The investor, 37-year-old John Woeltz, and another man abused their victim for three weeks in a Manhattan townhouse as they tried …
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Discussion
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@utkan.com
Andy Engin Utkan
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This is why Coinbase data breach is very dangerous. [embedded post]
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@joshmankiewicz
Josh Mankiewicz
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A 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor was charged on Saturday with kidnapping a man and beating, shocking and torturing him for weeks inside a luxury townhouse in downtown Manhattan, all in a scheme to get the man's Bitcoin password, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/…
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@stevemullis.net
Steve Mullis
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The details of this are right out of a Law & Order episode (and will no doubt become the subject of one).
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@timothypmurphy
Tim Murphy
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“'I knew there was something weird going on, I just assumed they were shooting porn or something,' he said. 'I couldn't have guessed all this.'” nypost.com/2025/05/23/u...
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@conlin_lauren
Lauren Conlin
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Wild story out of NYC: A 37-year-old crypto investor, John Woeltz, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 28-year-old Italian man for three weeks inside a $30K/month Manhattan townhouse. The victim escaped Friday morning and ran to a traffic agent for help. [i…
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@danaevachata
Danae
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Can't believe I'm standing in Tribeca seeing John Woeltz on the front page news. [image]
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r/Buttcoin
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I hope coffeezilla covers this story