2nd suspect detained after Crypto investor accused of torturing business partner in NYC

A 2nd fishy was detained Tuesday successful transportation to the alleged torture of an Italian man inside a New York City townhouse implicit his refusal to disclose a Bitcoin password. 

William Duplessie surrendered this greeting to a Manhattan precinct and was charged with assault, kidnapping successful the archetypal degree, unlawful imprisonment successful the archetypal grade and transgression possession of a firearm, a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

John Woeltz, 37, was seen handcuffed wearing a robe and barefooted extracurricular his pad successful the SoHo vicinity of Manhattan connected Friday greeting soon aft his alleged unfortunate escaped and called the constabulary for help. 

Woeltz is facing the aforesaid charges successful the case. 

A transgression ailment against Woeltz cited the alleged unfortunate – an Italian erstwhile concern partner, according to constabulary and reports – arsenic telling investigators that the saga began connected May 6, erstwhile helium arrived astatine an code connected Prince Street. 

CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTOR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED TORTURE INSIDE NYC TOWNHOUSE 

John Woeltz, 37, a cryptocurrency investor, has been charged aft helium allegedly kidnapped an Italian tourer and tortured him for weeks, utilizing a taser, chainsaw and different methods. (Google Maps and WNYW)

The ailment obtained by Fox News implicit the play said Woeltz, "acting successful performance with an unapprehended male," first took "all of Informant's physics devices and passport truthful that Informant was incapable to entree them." 

The NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday that the "unapprehended male" is Duplessie. 

"Informant further states that the suspect and unapprehended antheral demanded that Informant supply the suspect with Informant's Bitcoin password truthful that the suspect and unapprehended antheral could instrumentality Informant's Bitcoin," the ailment continued. 

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John Woeltz, a crypto entrepreneur and investor, is seen being escorted by constabulary extracurricular the NYPD's 5th Precinct. (WNYW)

"Informant states that erstwhile Informant refused to supply the suspect and unapprehended antheral with his Bitcoin password, the suspect and unapprehended male, implicit the people of astir 3 weeks, subjected Informant to beatings, including but not constricted to utilizing electrical wires to daze Informant, utilizing a firearm to deed Informant connected the caput causing a laceration, pointing the firearm astatine Informant's caput connected respective occasions, and carrying Informant to the apical formation of stairs wrong the above-mentioned determination and hanging Informant implicit the ledge arsenic the suspect threatened to termination Informant if Informant did not supply the suspect the Informant's Bitcoin password," the ailment added. 

"Informant further states that the suspect and unapprehended antheral tied Informant's wrists, binding Informant and preventing movement, and that the suspect and unapprehended antheral stated that helium would person Informant's household killed," the ailment besides said. 

The alleged unfortunate yet managed to flight and called a adjacent postulation officer.

Officers responded to the code astir 10 a.m. Friday, and witnesses described a melodramatic country arsenic police, SWAT teams and exigency vehicles swarmed the area, section presumption Fox 5 reported. 

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A 24-year-old pistillate was besides taken into custody successful transportation with the case, but the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told Fox News connected Tuesday that they declined to prosecute her astatine this clip "pending further investigation."

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.