Overview

• An Italian cryptocurrency trader arrived May 6 and escaped captivity on May 23 by flagging down a traffic officer after two weeks of confinement in a SoHo townhouse.
• John Woeltz was arrested at the scene and is held without bail on charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm.
• William Duplessie surrendered on May 27 and is expected to face similar charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment.
• Prosecutors allege the captors subjected the victim to electric shocks, pistol-whipping, binding and threats against his family to coerce his Bitcoin password.
• Police seized a gun, electric wires, Polaroid photos of the torture and other items from the $30,000-a-month property and continue to investigate additional suspects.