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Accused SoHo crypto kidnappers had 2 NYPD detectives working as security, police sources say

Two NYPD detectives had been working security for the cryptocurrency investors who police say kidnapped a man and held him captive in SoHo, police sources say.

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NYPD Probing Detectives Who Worked Security at House Where Man Says He Was Tortured, AP Source Says

New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where an Italian man was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted

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NYPD probing whether detectives were inside townhouse during alleged crypto torture

Internal investigators with the NYPD are said to be looking into whether two detectives hired to provide security at a Manhattan townhouse where inside when two crypto businessmen allegedly completed acts of torture against their partner in a hunt for his Bitcoin password,

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NYPD officers entangled in crypto torture case after Bitcoin investor escaped from townhouse of horrors

The service of the two officers has been "modified," the NYPD confirmed, as an internal review into their potential ...

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Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from behind computer ...

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A man with a bitcoin fortune was allegedly tortured for weeks in a New York City home. Here's what we know.

The investigation into the bitcoin torture case in New York City has revealed gruesome details about the alleged kidnapping ...

Inside the $21 Million NYC 'Townhouse of Horrors' Where Crypto King Allegedly Tortured Italian Tourist for 17 Days

A 28-year-old Italian man on Friday escaped from a luxury $21 million Manhattan home, where he said he had been tortured for ...

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Two Arrested for Kidnapping and Torturing Crypto Business Partner—Police

Investigators say the group allegedly lured the man back from Italy to access his cryptocurrency account and then kidnapped ...

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Two NYPD Officers Linked to $30 Million Crypto Trader Abduction Case

Two NYPD officers placed on modified duty for alleged roles in the three-week kidnapping and torture of a crypto trader worth ...

Cop on NYC Mayor’s Security Detail Reportedly Linked to Crypto Torture Case

The story of the Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped by crypto businessmen keeps taking wild turns—the latest potentially ...

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Cop on NYC Mayor Adams’ security team eyed for links to ‘crypto king’ chainsaw torture: report

The men are accused of luring Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan to the house on May 6 and holding him captive for 17 days, ...

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Who are the 'crypto bros' behind the SoHo kidnapping case: Bitcoin, torture, NYC nightlife

Here's how "crypto bros" William Duplessie and John Woeltz allegedly tortured a man in a SoHo townhouse to steal his Bitcoin password in a brutal wrench attack.

Crypto Investor Arrested After Being Accused of Kidnapping and Torturing Italian Tourist

A crypto investor from Kentucky was arrested in New York City this week after being accused of kidnapping and torturing an ...

Second man indicted in violent New York kidnapping crypto case

A second man has been indicted in New York after being charged with kidnapping a man for three weeks in Manhattan's upscale ...

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