A man suspected of helping to kidnap and torture an Italian cryptocurrency investor in a Manhattan house has been delivered to the New York City Police.
William Dupplessie was delivered on Tuesday after what officials described as days of negotiations with the authorities, reports the New York Times.
He is the third suspect in an alleged plot to extract the keys to a bitcoin wallet that belongs to Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, an associate of Crypto Fund who said he was captive and abused for almost three weeks.
The test began on May 6, when Carturan arrived at a house of 17 rooms in Prince Street in the Nolita de Manhattan neighborhood. He was ready to connect with the former partner of the John Woeltz fund, who, along with another Beatrice Folchi associate, allegedly ambushed him.
Police say that the group tried to force the Carururán to deliver access to their cryptography holdings, according to reports, worth millions, through physical threats and psychological abuse.
According to the Police, the Carturán was attacked, suspended from the upper floor of the five -story building and retained at gunpoint. He managed to escape and alert the authorities almost three weeks later.
The case of the New York City Police Department has drawn attention for its brutality and connection with a growing tendency of physical attacks against cryptographic users.
In France, the daughter and grandson of the CEO of Paymium, Pierre Noizat, were recently attacked in a failed attempted kidnapping captured in video. Previously in the same city, the father of a cryptographic millionaire was kidnapped and cut a finger before being rescued.
Another incident saw David Balland, co -founder of Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger, and his kidnapped wife of his house. Later, the authorities rescued the couple and confiscated the payment of the rescue.
While Folchi has been released and his deferred prosecution, Woeltz is scheduled to appear before the court on Wednesday. Both Woeltz and Duplessie face kidnappings, assault and illegal charges of possession of weapons.
A lawyer who represents Woeltz did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
