$100M Crypto Trader Accused of Holding $30M Business Partner Captive for 17 Days Over Bitcoin Password NBC News reported that New York auth…
$100M Crypto Trader Accused of Holding $30M Business Partner Captive for 17 Days Over Bitcoin Password
NBC News reported that New York authorities arrested crypto trader John Woeltz, estimated to be worth around $100 million, for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian business partner worth about $30 million in an attempt to obtain access to the victim’s Bitcoin wallet. The victim escaped after 17 days and alerted police. Authorities said the parties had been business partners for years.
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