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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Crypto kidnapping victim's dizzying view during alleged weeks-long torture ordeal
This is likely the dizzying view forced on crypto kidnapping victim Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan when he was allegedly dangled over a five-story staircase while being tortured for his Bitcoin password. Real estate photos of the eight-bedroom $21 million-dollar townhouse on Prince Street in SoHo where authorities said Carturan, 28, was abused and held captive for 17 days show the spiral, multi-level plunge he is believed to have faced during the harrowing ordeal. The native of Italy, who is worth $30 million, suffered serious injuries in the horrific episode, during which Manhattan prosecutors alleged he was tied to a chair with electrical wire, tased while standing in water, cut on his legs and arm with a chainsaw, urinated on and forced to take drugs. His accused tormentors — crypto entrepreneur John Woeltz and Swiss business man William Duplessie — also allegedly destroyed Carturan's passport. Carturan was rescued after he fled the townhouse barefoot on May 23 and flagged down a traffic cop for help. The former captive has already contacted the Italian consulate on the Upper East Side in order to get a new passport, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported. 'Only on Saturday did the first contacts take place between the family (who said little or nothing keeping the conditions and the account of what happened confidential) and the Italian Foreign Ministry,' according to the outlet. His family owns a herbalist shop, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Carturan was living in Rivoli, a town in the city of Turin in northern Italy, with his family before venturing to the Big Apple on May 6 to meet Woeltz, according to authorities and sources. He had studied psychology before dropping out of school to trade crypto, the Italian press reported. He was apparently hoping to retrieve Bitcoin allegedly stolen from him by Woeltz and Duplessie, who then turned the tables, took him captive and threatened to kill him and his family unless he gave them the password to his bitcoin wallet, prosecutors said. Woeltz, 37, of Kentucky, is believed to be worth $100 million. Polaroids that were found at the property showed Carturan — who reportedly has a net worth of $30 million — with a gun pointed at his head and being forced to smoke crack cocaine, authorities said. The pair are due in court June 11.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Italian papers react to Inter Milan's Champions League final defeat: ‘This is a nightmare'
PSG were irresistible on their way to a first triumph in the competition, with Desire Doue among their attacking talent to sparkle en route to a 5-0 victory. The final had looked an intriguing clash of styles but the defensive solidity that Inter had showed at times on their run to the decider was no match for the French capital club's heavily-resourced forward line and creative midfield. 'Inter, this is a nightmare', sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport said, before questioning if this was the club's worst performance ever. 'For Inter, it was the worst match of the year - and of history? - in the most important match of the entire season, after losing the Scudetto, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa. The feared number zero in the titles category (excluding the Club World Cup). In March, after [beating] Feyenoord, Inzaghi raised three fingers to indicate the "treble". All he has left is his fist.' Rome sports newspaper Corriere dello Sport, meanwhile, said that PSG had 'humiliated' Inter. 'Two years ago, Inter emerged from the defeat against [Manchester] City with their legs and spirit shattered but their minds stronger. Because they had put under pressure for a long time what was, at the time, the strongest team in Europe. Last night, on a warm early summer night in Bavaria, Inter left the wonderful Allianz Arena in Munich in pieces. From every point of view.' The verdict of prominent sports columnist Paolo Condo in Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera was damning about the coaching of Simone Inzaghi after the defeat, with it suggested that the Inter manager made all the wrong substitutions, and Condo questioning where all the qualities shown in the wins over Bayern Munich and Barcelona had gone.
Local Italy
5 days ago
- Politics
- Local Italy
Italy's Meloni to host Macron in Rome amid reconciliation rumours
The Italian prime minister was to host a one-on-one meeting with the French president on Tuesday evening in what Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper called a "turning-point summit". "Meloni reconciles with Macron," said Il Messaggero daily, describing the meeting as a "thaw". It was Macron who proposed the visit, according to his team, "because it is his role to bring Europeans together and he is also keen to work with her". The meeting comes just weeks after the tense relations between the pair were exposed at a summit of European leaders in Albania on May 16th. Meloni was in Tirana but didn't attend a meeting including Macron, the leaders of Germany, Britain and Poland, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meloni said she didn't join them because she opposes the idea of sending European troops to Ukraine to enforce any potential peace agreement between Kyiv and Moscow. Macron later said the Italian premier's behaviour was based on a "misunderstanding". "The discussion we were having was a discussion to achieve a ceasefire," he said, adding that there was no mention of sending troops to Ukraine. Unity of the West During a joint press conference in Rome with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 17th, Meloni called on her European counterparts to "abandon selfishness" and focus on "the unity of the West". There have been tensions between Paris and Rome since Meloni swept to power in October 2022, including an early spat over migration and another at the G7 summit in Italy last year over abortion rights. But the European Union's second- and third-largest economies are facing similar challenges, as they both grapple with the war in Ukraine and US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs against the bloc. Political commentators have noted that Macron and Meloni have strengths that could prove useful to one another, paving the way for a potential reconciliation. Italy has less influence on the diplomatic stage than France, which has nuclear weapons and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. But Meloni can rely on a privileged relationship with Trump and US Vice President JD Vance, both of whom have referred to her as a "friend" who shares their conservative values and hardline policies against migration. On May 18th, Meloni hosted talks in Rome between Vance and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen – the first at such a high level since Trump announced punishing tariffs against the bloc. During the meeting, Vance hailed Meloni's role as a "bridge-builder between Europe and the United States". That may not have escaped Macron, for whom international diplomacy has become one of the only areas where he can still hope to exert influence before the end of his term in 2027. As for Meloni, whose approval ratings are at over 45 percent after two and a half years in power, she too has an interest in reconciling with Macron, as frequent clashes with the French head of state risk undermining the international stature she has worked hard to project. By AFP's Gildas Le Roux
TimesLIVE
7 days ago
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Stellantis' board to appoint Antonio Filosa as new CEO: report
Carmaker Stellantis is set to appoint Italian manager Antonio Filosa as its new CEO, the Corriere della Sera daily reported on Wednesday. According to the daily, which cited unspecified rumours, the company's board is due to meet in the coming hours to approve the nomination. The new CEO will succeed Carlos Tavares, who quit the group in December after a sharp drop in profits and sales, specially in the US, raised questions about his management.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Stellantis' board about to appoint Filosa as new CEO, Corriere says
ROME (Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis is about to appoint Italian manager Antonio Filosa as its new chief executive, the Corriere della Sera daily reported on Wednesday. According to the daily, which cited unspecified rumours, the company's board is due to meet in the coming hours to approve the nomination. The new CEO would succeed Carlos Tavares, who quit the group in December after a sharp drop in profits and sales, especially in the United States, raised questions about his management. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
