🗽Crypto Investor Arrested for Kidnapping & Torture in SoHo Townhouse
A 37-year-old crypto investor, John Woeltz, was arrested in Manhattan after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 28-year-old Italian tourist for weeks in a luxury SoHo home.
📍Location: $40,000/month townhouse in SoHo
👮♂️Charges: Kidnapping for ransom, assault, unlawful imprisonment
🕘Court: Arraigned at 9 AM in NYC Criminal Court
The tourist, who flew in on May 6, says his passport was taken, he was beaten, and even hung off a ledge when he refused to reveal his Bitcoin password.
🖼️ Police found Polaroids of the torture, firearms, and restraints inside.
👥 Beatrice Folchi, 24, was also arrested in connection.
🩺 Victim is recovering in hospital.
🕵️ Investigation ongoing. NYPD and DA's office declined comment