據稱綁架和酷刑意大利比特幣投資者的第二個嫌疑人投降了

警方周五逮捕了肯塔基州37歲的約翰·沃爾茨（John Woeltz），涉嫌大膽綁架和折磨意大利的加密貨幣企業家

A second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin investor in New

涉嫌綁架和酷刑的第二名嫌疑人是新的意大利比特幣投資者

York has surrendered to police, authorities said Tuesday.

當局週二表示，約克已向警察投降。

Police on Friday arrested John Woeltz, 37, on suspicion of brazenly kidnapping and

週五，警方逮捕了37歲的約翰·沃爾茨（John Woeltz），涉嫌大膽綁架和

torturing an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur for weeks in a luxury Manhattan

在豪華的曼哈頓，折磨意大利的加密貨幣企業家數週

townhouse in order to extort his bitcoin password.

為了勒索他的比特幣密碼。

New York City Police Chief Jessica Tisch said on Fox 5 that the second suspect in the

紐約市警察局長傑西卡·施施（Jessica Tisch）在福克斯5上說，第二個嫌疑人

case, William Duplessie, had also been taken into custody.

案，威廉·杜普萊西（William Duplessie）也已被拘留。

"We do have someone that we were looking for, Mr Duplessie, in custody. As of this

“我們確實有一個我們正在尋找的人，Duplessie先生被拘留。

morning, 7:45, he turned himself in at our 13th precinct," Tisch said.

早上7:45，他在我們的第13個地區上交了自己。 ”提施說。

"We know he is going to be charged with Mr Woeltz with kidnapping and false

“我們知道他將因綁架和虛假而被控沃爾茨先生

imprisonment of an associate in Soho," she added.

她在SOHO中被判入獄。 ”她補充說。

Duplessie, who according to US media is 33 and comes from Miami, Florida,

Duplessie，根據美國媒體的33歲，來自佛羅里達州邁阿密，

surrendered to police clad in black pants and a white shirt, photos from the scene

在現場拍照，向警察穿著黑色褲子和一件白襯衫投降

showed.

顯示。

The name of the alleged victim has not been published, but US media reports

據稱受害者的名稱尚未發布，但美國媒體報導

identified him as Italian bitcoin entrepreneur Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan.

將他確定為意大利比特幣企業家邁克爾·瓦倫蒂諾·特奧夫拉斯托·卡圖蘭（Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan）。

According to reports, Carturan arrived in New York from Italy on May 6 and checked

據報導，卡圖蘭於5月6日從意大利到達紐約並進行了檢查

into the Manhattan townhouse with Woeltz, who is a new-age spiritual healer and

與沃爾茨（Woeltz）一起進入曼哈頓聯排別墅

macrobiotic chef.

大型生物廚師。

There, Woeltz, described by the New York Post as "Kentucky's crypto boss," and

在那裡，沃爾茨（Woeltz），紐約郵報（New York Post

Duplessie confiscated the victim's electronic devices and passport, and demanded

Duplese沒收了受害者的電子設備和護照，並要求

access to his bitcoin accounts, according to police.

據警方稱，訪問他的比特幣帳戶。

After the victim refused, the two men tortured him for two weeks, tying his wrists,

受害人拒絕後，兩個人折磨了他兩個星期，綁住了他的手腕，

hitting him with a rifle, putting a gun to his face, threatening to throw him off

用步槍打他，把槍放到他的臉上，威脅要把他扔掉

the roof of the five-story building and promising to kill his family members, media

這座五層建築的屋頂，並承諾殺死他的家人，媒體

reports said.

報告說。

Several details of the story remain murky, including exactly why the victim had

故事的幾個細節仍然暗淡，包括受害者的原因

agreed to come to the townhouse in an upscale SoHo neighborhood, and whether he

同意來到高檔SOHO社區的聯排別墅，是否

revealed anything of use to the kidnappers.

揭示了對綁架者的任何用處。