A cryptocurrency dispute led to the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian man in a luxury New York City townhouse for over two weeks, according to police. Two men -- John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie,

Last week, Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, 28, reportedly broke loose from a ritzy apartment in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood and alerted a traffic agent to his imprisonment and torture at the...

The victim, who has not been named publicly, managed to escape from the home on Friday, according to prosecutors.