According to ChainCatcher, 37-year-old American cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz and an alleged female accomplice illegally detained and tortured a 28-year-old Italian businessman in Manhattan, New York, for over two weeks in an attempt to obtain his financial account passwords. The victim arrived in New York on May 6, was stripped of his passport after meeting John Woeltz, and was subjected to electric shocks, drug coercion, chainsaw threats, and other abuses. Police discovered multiple photos of the victim being bound and tortured at the scene, along with firearms, chainsaws, and other tools. The victim escaped and called the police on May 23. John Woeltz has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and illegal possession of weapons.