a crypto kidnapping investigation has intensified after Miami executive William Duplessie has surrendered to Manhattan police. Prosecutors say he and self-styled ‘Kentucky king of crypto’ John Woeltz have abducted and tortured an Italian associate in a Nolita apartment to steal Bitcoin.
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