加密貨幣投資者被指控綁架和折磨男人提取比特幣密碼

當局稱，一名加密貨幣投資者被指控綁架和折磨意大利男子，以試圖提取加密貨幣密碼。

A cryptocurrency investor has been charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in an attempt to extract cryptocurrency passwords, authorities said.

當局說，一名加密貨幣投資者被指控綁架和折磨意大利男子，試圖提取加密貨幣密碼。

John Woeltz, 37, was arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on Saturday following his arrest on Friday.

37歲的約翰·沃爾茨（John Woeltz）週五被捕後於週六在曼哈頓刑事法院被提審。

Prosecutors allege that Woeltz held the 28-year-old victim captive for several weeks in a luxury townhouse in Manhattan’s upscale SoHo neighborhood, where he subjected him to brutal torture in an effort to access his Bitcoin.

檢察官聲稱，沃爾茨（Woeltz）在曼哈頓高檔Soho附近的一家豪華聯排別墅中俘虜了這名28歲的受害者，在那裡他遭受了殘酷的酷刑，以便獲得他的比特幣。

The victim, who arrived in the U.S. on May 6, reportedly escaped from the five-story rental property, valued at $30,000 per month, on Friday and alerted police. Officers later found Polaroid photographs in the residence that appeared to document the abuse.

據報導，該受害者於5月6日到達美國，從五層樓的租賃物業逃脫了，週五，每月價值30,000美元，並向警方發出了警告。後來，軍官在住所中發現了寶麗來照片，這些照片似乎記錄了虐待行為。

According to the complaints, Woeltz, along with two accomplices, stole the victim’s electronic devices and passport and demanded his cryptocurrency login credentials. When the victim refused, they allegedly beat him, shocked him with electricity, pointed a gun at his head, dangled him from the rooftop, and even cut his leg with a saw.

根據投訴，沃爾茨（Woeltz）以及兩個同夥偷走了受害者的電子設備和護照，並要求他的加密貨幣登錄證書。當受害人拒絕時，據稱他們毆打了他，用電力震驚了他，將槍指著他的頭，將他從屋頂上晃來晃去，甚至用鋸子剪了他的腿。

The victim also claimed he was forced to smoke crack cocaine and was threatened with the death of his family, reports the New York Times.

《紐約時報》報導，受害人還聲稱他被迫抽煙可卡因，並受到家人死亡的威脅。

Woeltz declined to speak with investigators and immediately secured legal counsel. He was arraigned on Saturday and formally charged with four felony counts, including kidnapping for ransom, and pleaded not guilty. Judge Eric Schumacher ordered him held without bail.

沃爾茨拒絕與調查人員交談，並立即獲得法律顧問。他在周六被提審，正式被指控犯有四項重罪罪名，包括綁架贖金，不認罪。埃里克·舒馬赫（Eric Sc​​humacher）法官下令沒有保釋。

A 24-year-old woman was also taken into custody on Friday in connection with the case, though she was seen walking free on Saturday, and no charges against her were yet visible in the Manhattan criminal court’s online records.

週五，一名24歲婦女也因案件而被拘留，儘管她在周六被自由行走，但在曼哈頓刑事法院的在線記錄中尚無針對她的指控。

Several aspects of the case remain unclear, including the nature of the relationship between Woeltz and the victim. Woeltz is expected to appear in court again on Wednesday.

該案的幾個方面尚不清楚，包括沃爾茨與受害者之間關係的性質。預計沃爾茨將在周三再次出庭。

As executives and investors in the cryptocurrency industry are increasingly seeking personal security services, cases of kidnapping and ransom have been on the rise, especially in France.

隨著加密貨幣行業的高管和投資者越來越多地尋求個人安全服務，綁架和贖金的案件一直在增加，尤其是在法國。

In May 2024, the father of an unnamed crypto entrepreneur was freed after French law enforcement officials raided a location in a Paris suburb where he was being held hostage by organized criminals.

2024年5月，法國執法人員在巴黎郊區襲擊了一個被有組織的罪犯拘留的人質後，釋放了一位不願透露姓名的加密企業家的父親。

Also in Africa, the founder of the cryptocurrency education hub Mitroplus Labs, Festo Ivaibi, was kidnapped at gunpoint on May 17 near his residence on Bunamwaya Road in Kampala, Uganda, and forced to transfer $500,000 in cryptocurrency to his abductors.

同樣在非洲，Festo Ivaibi的加密貨幣教育樞紐Mitroplus Labs的創始人於5月17日在他在烏干達坎帕拉的Bunamwaya Road的住所附近被槍口綁架，並被迫將500,000美元的加密貨物轉移給了他的綁架者。

According to an official statement by Mitroplus’s Afro Token Project on X, the kidnappers were armed, dressed in military uniforms, and falsely claimed to be security personnel of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).

根據Mitroplus在X上的非洲代幣項目的官方聲明，綁架者是武裝的，穿著軍服，並錯誤地聲稱是烏干達人民國防軍的安全人員（UPDF）。

The statement further details how the attackers forced Ivaibi to unlock his crypto wallets, enabling them to carry out unauthorized transactions. A portion of Afro Token, a meme coin linked to Mitroplus Labs, was also sold during the ordeal, resulting in further financial losses.

該聲明進一步詳細介紹了攻擊者如何迫使伊瓦比解鎖他的加密錢包，從而使他們能夠進行未經授權的交易。在磨難期間，Afro Token的一部分是與Mitroplus Labs相關的模因硬幣，導致了進一步的財務損失。