加密货币投资者被指控绑架和折磨男人提取比特币密码

当局称，一名加密货币投资者被指控绑架和折磨意大利男子，以试图提取加密货币密码。

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

当局说，一名加密货币投资者被指控绑架和折磨意大利男子，试图提取加密货币密码。

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

37岁的约翰·沃尔茨（John Woeltz）周五被捕后于周六在曼哈顿刑事法院被提审。

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.

检察官声称，沃尔茨（Woeltz）在曼哈顿高档Soho附近的一家豪华联排别墅中俘虏了这名28岁的受害者，在那里他遭受了残酷的酷刑，以便获得他的比特币。

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.

据报道，该受害者于5月6日到达美国，从五层楼的租赁物业逃脱了，周五，每月价值30,000美元，并向警方发出了警告。后来，军官在住所中发现了宝丽来照片，这些照片似乎记录了虐待行为。

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.

根据投诉，沃尔茨（Woeltz）以及两个同伙偷走了受害者的电子设备和护照，并要求他的加密货币登录证书。当受害人拒绝时，据称他们殴打了他，用电力震惊了他，将枪指着他的头，将他从屋顶上晃来晃去，甚至用锯子剪了他的腿。

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.

《纽约时报》报道，受害人还声称他被迫抽烟可卡因，并受到家人死亡的威胁。

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.

沃尔茨拒绝与调查人员交谈，并立即获得法律顾问。他在周六被提审，正式被指控犯有四项重罪罪名，包括绑架赎金，不认罪。埃里克·舒马赫（Eric Sc​​humacher）法官下令没有保释。

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.

周五，一名24岁妇女也因案件而被拘留，尽管她在周六被自由行走，但在曼哈顿刑事法院的在线记录中尚无针对她的指控。

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.

该案的几个方面尚不清楚，包括沃尔茨与受害者之间关系的性质。预计沃尔茨将在周三再次出庭。

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.

随着加密货币行业的高管和投资者越来越多地寻求个人安全服务，绑架和赎金的案件一直在增加，尤其是在法国。

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，法国执法人员在巴黎郊区袭击了一个被有组织的罪犯拘留的人质后，释放了一位不愿透露姓名的加密企业家的父亲。

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.

同样在非洲，Festo Ivaibi的加密货币教育枢纽Mitroplus Labs的创始人于5月17日在他在乌干达坎帕拉的Bunamwaya Road的住所附近被枪口绑架，并被迫将500,000美元的加密货物转移给了他的绑架者。

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).

根据Mitroplus在X上的非洲代币项目的官方声明，绑架者是武装的，穿着军服，并错误地声称是乌干达人民国防军的安全人员（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.

该声明进一步详细介绍了攻击者如何迫使伊瓦比解锁他的加密钱包，从而使他们能够进行未经授权的交易。在磨难期间，Afro Token的一部分是与Mitroplus Labs相关的模因硬币，导致了进一步的财务损失。