Another case, this time in New York 🇺🇸.  Sometimes the risk does not come from strangers, but comes from the people you know and trust.

 A 37 -year -old John Woeltz was arrested in New York for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist, 28 years old, for 17 days to force the victim to provide Bitcoin wallet password.  Both have acquainted and have a business relationship in the past.

 The victim - who is said to own a fortune worth about $ 30 million - was kept in a rented house in Nolita, Manhattan.  During his detention, he was tied, beaten, injured, life -threatening with weapons if he did not disclose information to access Crypto wallets.

 The suspect John Woeltz is also a wealthy Crypto investor from Kentucky, with an estimated asset of about $ 100 million.  The suspect acted with an unknown accomplice, is still being searched.