Third Arrest Made in Manhattan Bitcoin Kidnapping, Torture Case

A man suspected of helping kidnap and torture an Italian cryptocurrency investor in a Manhattan townhouse has surrendered to New York City police.William Duplessie turned himself in Tuesday after what officials described as days of negotiations with authorities, the New York Times reports.He is the third suspect in an alleged plot to extract the keys to a bitcoin wallet belonging to Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, a crypto fund associate who said he was held captive and abused for nearly three weeks.The ordeal began on May 6, when Carturan arrived at a 17-room townhouse on Prince Street in Manhattan’s NoLiTa neighborhood source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/27/third-arrest-made-in-manhattan-bitcoin-kidnapping-torture-case