Crypto Torture, Kidnapping Caper
Suspect Uncovered When Bathrobe Got here Undone Throughout Arrest
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The person suspected of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man over a crypto dispute suffered his personal indignity when he was arrested — his bathrobe got here undone.
Photographer and avenue vendor Ciaran Tully was minding his personal enterprise Friday when John Woeltz was faraway from his fancy NYC condominium sporting solely a gown.
As he was escorted down the steps, Tully says his gown got here undone, so cops spared him the embarrassment and bundled him again up.
Woeltz — a 37-year-old man from Kentucky — was arrested Friday in New York Metropolis after Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan — a crypto dealer price hundreds of thousands — had escaped from his condominium, flagged down a cop and informed the harrowing story of being held captive for two weeks.
Woeltz reportedly was attempting to get Carturan’s password to his crypto account and used brazen ways to get his approach. He was additionally allegedly tased whereas his ft had been in water and threatened with an electrical chainsaw.
A girl was reportedly taken into custody as a attainable confederate, however the D.A. declined to file prices pending an additional investigation.
As for Woeltz, Tully says he is disgusted that the man allegedly did this over cash. As Tully stated, if he may afford to hire the condominium for $40K a month, he did not want cash that badly to do what he is accused of doing.
