NYPD Detectives Questioned in Bizarre Crypto Currency Kidnapping and Torture Plot

Multiple law enforcement officials have confirmed that a New York City Police detective assigned to Mayor Eric Adams' security detail will be questioned in relation to a bizarre crypto currency kidnapping and torture plot after he allegedly delivered the victim to his tormentors. The investigation comes after two people, John Woeltz and William Duplessie, were charged in the case. Prosecutors said they were involved in holding a 28-year-old wealthy Italian cryptocurrency trader hostage for several weeks as part of a violent scheme to obtain his Bitcoin password.

Key Takeaways:

• A NYPD detective assigned to Mayor Eric Adams' security detail will be questioned in relation to a crypto currency kidnapping and torture plot after allegedly delivering the victim to his tormentors.
• The detective was working "off-duty employment" providing security for Crypto entrepreneur John Woeltz, a suspect in the case.
• Two detectives, including one in the security detail for the mayor, have been placed on "modified assignment" pending investigation.
• The investigation is considering several questions, including if the detectives have any knowledge or any role in the multiple assaults.
• Prosecutors say the victim was tortured for days, threatened to be killed, and subjected to beatings that included the use of electric wires to shock him.
• The two men also bound the victim's wrists and said they would have his family killed, according to the district attorney.
• The NYPD had no record of either detective applying for, or being approved for, off-duty employment, the process by which an NYPD employee can pick up work outside the department.
• The detectives were hired through a private security and investigation company run by a retired NYPD sergeant.

Statistics:

• 28 years old: the age of the wealthy Italian cryptocurrency trader held hostage in the plot.
• Several weeks: the length of time the victim was held hostage.
• 2: number of people charged in the case, John Woeltz and William Duplessie.
• 2: number of detectives placed on modified assignment pending investigation.
• 1: number of detectives in the security detail for the mayor.
• 1: number of electric wires allegedly used to shock the victim.
• 1: number of firearms allegedly used to threaten the victim.
• 1: number of years of experience of the retired NYPD sergeant who runs the private security and investigation company that hired the detectives.

Sources:

• CNN (no publication date mentioned)
• Manhattan District Attorney's office
• NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau
• NYPD Press Spokesperson
• Office of Mayor Eric Adams
• Statement from Kayla Mamelak Altus, Press Secretary for Mayor Eric Adams