Kidnappings targetting crypto enterpreneurs have become increasingly frequent around the world

Kidnappings targetting crypto enterpreneurs have become increasingly frequent around the world

 Giuseppe CACACE

A second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin investor in New York surrendered on Tuesday, authorities said.

Police on Friday arrested John Woeltz, 37, of Kentucky, on suspicion of brazenly kidnapping and torturing an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur for weeks in a luxury Manhattan townhouse in order to extort his bitcoin password.

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