The New York assault is the latest addition in a growing list of violent attempts to steal crypto through physical coercion.

Authorities say an Italian man was beaten, shocked, urinated on and drugged in an attempt to get his Bitcoin password, until ...

Crypto investor John Woeltz faces charges for kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in a Manhattan townhouse to steal ...

Authorities are revealing new information about an alleged kidnapping and torture plot in New York City, after a man was arrested and charged with torturing an Italian citizen for weeks in a bid to ...

A wealthy crypto investor is accused of torturing a man in a ritzy New York City townhouse by electrocuting him, ...

NEW YORK — 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, ...

A man was arrested and is being held without bail after being accused of kidnapping an Italian tourist and torturing him for weeks in New York City in a bid to steal the alleged victim’s bitcoin, ...

Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one charge each of ...

In a plot like a bad Hollywood thriller, New York police told AFP on Sunday that they arrested 37-year-old John Woeltz, a ...

Samantha Folchi and John Woeltz have been accused of 'kidnapping and torturing' a businessman in a bid to force him to reveal ...

John Woeltz, 37, was taken into custody Friday after the victim escaped from a luxury Manhattan townhouse and stopped an officer on the street.