William Duplessie is arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 27, 2025. William Miller. Duplessie, who sported a frown at the hearing, is facing charges of kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment ...

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- have since been indicted by a grand jury on a dozen counts, including kidnapping, assault and coercion.

William Duplessie, 32, surrendered to NYPD detectives on Tuesday morning, May 27, days after his partner, 37-year–old John Woeltz, was charged with holding an Italian business associate hostage ...

The New York Police Department identified the suspect as William Duplessie, 33, and said he was arrested Tuesday on charges of assault, ... One Bitcoin is currently worth more than $100,000.

Two cryptocurrency investors, who are charged in connection with the alleged weeks-long torture of an Italian tourist in an upscale Manhattan townhouse, allegedly held two other victims against their ...

William Duplessie was taken into custody on Tuesday in New York City and charged with kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a weapon, according to The Associated ...

William Duplessie, 33, owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury homes and cars in Florida and wracked up criminal trouble in Switzerland for allegedly beating his fiancée.

MANHATTAN (CN) — A cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for his bitcoin turned himself in to police on Tuesday, according to New York Police Department ...

The recent case of an Italian tourist who was kidnapped in New York City and tortured by people allegedly after his cryptocurrency is drawing attention to a rash of crimes dubbed "wrench attacks," ...

Alleged crypto torturer William Duplessie once did something so allegedly outrageous at the ritzy Aman in NYC that he was kicked out of the property, a source tells Page Six.. Duplessie and fellow ...

William Duplessie is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD's 13th Precinct stationhouse in Manhattan, New York, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News via Getty Images) ...