据称绑架和酷刑意大利比特币投资者的第二个嫌疑人投降了

警方周五逮捕了肯塔基州37岁的约翰·沃尔茨（John Woeltz），涉嫌大胆绑架和折磨意大利的加密货币企业家

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

涉嫌绑架和酷刑的第二名嫌疑人是新的意大利比特币投资者

York has surrendered to police, authorities said Tuesday.

当局周二表示，约克已向警察投降。

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

周五，警方逮捕了37岁的约翰·沃尔茨（John Woeltz），涉嫌大胆绑架和

torturing an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur for weeks in a luxury Manhattan

在豪华的曼哈顿，折磨意大利的加密货币企业家数周

townhouse in order to extort his bitcoin password.

为了勒索他的比特币密码。

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

纽约市警察局长杰西卡·施施（Jessica Tisch）在福克斯5上说，第二个嫌疑人

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

案，威廉·杜普莱西（William Duplessie）也已被拘留。

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

“我们确实有一个我们正在寻找的人，Duplessie先生被拘留。

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

早上7:45，他在我们的第13个地区上交了自己。”提施说。

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

“我们知道他将因绑架和虚假而被控沃尔茨先生

imprisonment of an associate in Soho," she added.

她在SOHO中被判入狱。”她补充说。

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

Duplessie，根据美国媒体的33岁，来自佛罗里达州迈阿密，

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

在现场拍照，向警察穿着黑色裤子和一件白衬衫投降

showed.

显示。

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

据称受害者的名称尚未发布，但美国媒体报道

identified him as Italian bitcoin entrepreneur Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan.

将他确定为意大利比特币企业家迈克尔·瓦伦蒂诺·特奥夫拉斯托·卡图兰（Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan）。

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

据报道，卡图兰于5月6日从意大利到达纽约并进行了检查

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

与沃尔茨（Woeltz）一起进入曼哈顿联排别墅

macrobiotic chef.

大型生物厨师。

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

在那里，沃尔茨（Woeltz），纽约邮报（New York Post

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

Duplese没收了受害者的电子设备和护照，并要求

access to his bitcoin accounts, according to police.

据警方称，访问他的比特币帐户。

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

受害人拒绝后，两个人折磨了他两个星期，绑住了他的手腕，

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

用步枪打他，把枪放到他的脸上，威胁要把他扔掉

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

这座五层建筑的屋顶，并承诺杀死他的家人，媒体

reports said.

报告说。

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

故事的几个细节仍然暗淡，包括受害者的原因

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

同意来到高档SOHO社区的联排别墅，是否

revealed anything of use to the kidnappers.

揭示了对绑架者的任何用处。