A cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torture in New York City formerly served on the board of a nonprofit organization in Paducah, the group’s executive director

Sources said cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz took the man's passport, tied him up, tortured and photographed him until the man managed to escape and alert authorities.

NEW YORK -- A second crypto suspect has surrendered for the alleged torture of an Italian businessman in New York, police said Tuesday. The suspect, William Duplessie, surrendered to detectives at the 13th precinct at 7:45 a.m. Duplessie is expected to face charges of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment.

The tortured and wounded victim escaped John Woeltz's house of horrors in an ordeal authorities described as “The Wolf of Wall Street” meets “American Psycho."

Kentucky-based cryptocurrency investor, John Woeltz, is accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian businessman.

A man known as the "crypto king of Kentucky" is being charged with the kidnapping and torture of a business partner in New York City.

A Kentucky man, 37-year-old John Woeltz, was arrested in Lower Manhattan over the weekend, accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist.

Cops have charged Kentucky crypto king John Woeltz with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault and weapons possession in the shocking case.

Folchi, whose family lives in Connecticut, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.