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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Rio Yamat

A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in an NYC apartment for weeks

A cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a man and keeping him locked up for weeks in an upscale Manhattan apartment, where authorities say he was beaten, shocked and led to believe that his family was in danger if he didn't give up his Bitcoin password.

John Woeltz, 37, was arrested Friday night after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom town house and flagged down a traffic officer on the street for help, according to prosecutors.

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