New York City mayor's security details are reportedly linked to the crypto torture case
The story of Italian tourists allegedly kidnapped by cryptocurrency merchants continues to undergo wild shifts, the latest potential involving New York law enforcement. According to a report by local NBC branch News 4 New York, including a New York City official, including an official in security details for Mayor Eric Adams, has been linked to two people charged with involvement in the kidnapping case.
According to the report, a detective responsible for protecting Mayor Adams is performing a private security show on the side. As part of this work, detectives worked at Prince Street Townhouse in the Norita neighborhood of New York City, a place where Italian tourists were allegedly captured and beaten for more than two weeks. He is also believed to have picked up an Italian tourist from the airport earlier this month and is currently underway to investigate whether detectives will transport tourists kidnapped to townhouses.
The report did not clarify the alleged involvement of another official, but the two officials reportedly followed details of their potential contact with the case surfaced.
The problem is not the fact that officials are engaged in off-duty work, which is clearly the standard for News 4, although it is not clear whether the NYPD approved this particular side show. Especially how much knowledge these police officers have about their possible involvement.
What happened under the officer's nose or not was lured by two cryptocurrency merchants on May 6 to lure Italian tourists to townhouses, allegedly suffering for 17 days to make him abandon his password for his Bitcoin hiding. During his time in captivity, he was allegedly shocked by the wires, shot, forced to smoke from the cracked tube, hanging from the railings on five-story high five-story, sawing on the serrated, and then peeing.
Visitors managed to escape when his attacker went to retrieve his computer and stole his bitcoin, when he marked an officer on the street. (Luckily, he didn't meet one of the police officers who might be involved.) When the police entered the townhouse, they reportedly found a lot of evidence, including cocaine, saws, chicken wire, body armor and night vision goggles. They also found Polaroid photos of the victim, pointing a gun at his head, which may be considered strong evidence to confirm his story.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the kidnapping: John Woeltz, a 37-year-old man identified as “King of Kentucky's crypto kings,” while William Duplessie, a 33-year-old Florida man and cryptocurrency investor William Duplessie turned himself into police officers.
