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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
2nd crypto bigwig in SoHo torture case to surrender, sources say — as Catholic priest performs ritual at site
A Swiss crypto millionaire sought for questioning in the gruesome torture of an Italian trader in SoHo will surrender to the NYPD this week, sources said Sunday — as a priest sprinkled holy water on the property. The Euro exec became a person of interest in the case after the arrest of Kentucky crypto king John Woeltz on Friday for allegedly holding wealthy trader Michael Vanlentino Teofrasto Carturan inside a Prince Street apartment and torturing him for his Bitcoin password, authorities said. Woeltz and his assistant, 24-year-old Beatrice Folchi, were charged in the case, but Folchi was later released when Manhattan prosecutors declined to file charges pending further investigation. The second sought exec's lawyers are now arranging for his own surrender, law-enforcement sources told The Post. The man is co-founder of a Swiss trading firm. Meanwhile, a priest at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, a Catholic church across the street from the alleged SoHo torture pad, came out Sunday to pour holy water on the steps of the property. 'Given what's been happening in there, the things they're saying happened in there, I thought it was a good idea,' the priest told The Post. The torture case rattled others in the quiet Lower Manhattan neighborhood, too. 'I still can't believe it,' said a neighbor who asked to be identified only as Samba. 'It doesn't make any sense that you could keep somebody hostage for a week and torture them in this neighborhood. 'It's a very quiet street. At night especially it's very quiet around here,' the local said. 'You would think that you would hear something. You would think that the people from the church here would have heard something.' Police said Carturan, who is reportedly a trader from Turin worth $30 million, was lured to the apartment and brutalized for his password. He was allegedly tied to a chair, tazed with his feet in a bucket of water, pistol-whipped and had had his legs and arms cut with a chainsaw during the weeks-long ordeal. Sources said he was also urinated on and dangled from the top of a staircase in the home. The battered captive was finally able to escape Friday when his captors were distracted. Woeltz was arraigned Saturday on kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault and criminal possession of a weapon charges and ordered held without bail. Sources said the wealthy Kentuckian owns a private jet and a chopper, as well a 150-acre farm in the Bluegrass State valued at more than $860,000, all part of his lucrative crypto empire. Folchi was charged with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment before she was cut loose. She told The Post on Saturday that she was 'not arrested' and would only speak through a lawyer. Sources said Carturan was being treated at Bellevue Hospital.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Bombshell brunette beauty arrested alongside $100M crypto king for sadistic torture, kidnapping of tourist
The brunette beauty arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the alleged kidnap and torture of an Italian man in Manhattan is a small-time actor who claims to work as a marketing manager for luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley and whose family lives in Connecticut. Beatrice Folchi – the 24-year-old who police sources said worked as Woeltz's assistant – was arrested Friday at the SoHo penthouse where a man from Turin, Italy, told cops he was held hostage and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks, in a sick extortion attempt to gain the password to his cryptocurrency account. She was charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, but the Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute pending further investigation, a spokesperson said. But Folchi — who's originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook profile — bizarrely claimed she wasn't implicated in the sadistic crimes when approached by The Post Saturday. 'I'm not arrested,' she told The Post in an exclusive interview outside of her ritzy Chelsea apartment building, where she was walking with another woman. 'Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now,' added Folchi, who was sporting an all-black outfit, sunglasses and a nearly $1,300 Stella McCartney tote. The duo turned around and took off in the opposite direction on West 21st Street without answering further questions. Folchi studied communication and philosophy at the University of Connecticut from 2017 to 2020, and has since held various positions in marketing, according to her LinkedIn. 'Experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries, including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley,' reads the bio of her profile, which also boasts her fluency in the Italian language. Profiles for the 5'9' bombshell on IMBD and Backstage show she's held roles in several movies, short films and series since 2020, including a 2021 drama titled 'Butterfly Wings.' Neighbors at her family's Southbury, Connecticut, home said Saturday the Folchi parents had rented out the house, and were staying in Italy. Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce and Bentley could not immediately be reached for comment.
International Business Times
25-05-2025
- International Business Times
Who Is Beatrice Folchi? Bombshell Brunette Arrested Alongside Crypto King John Woeltz for Kidnapping, Torturing Italian Tourist Is Small-Time Actress
The bombshell brunette arrested alongside Kentucky crypto investor John Woeltz in connection with the suspected kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist in a luxurious Manhattan apartment has been identified as small-time actress who works as a marketing manager for luxury brands such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, according to a report. Beatrice Folchi, 24, who worked as John Woeltz's assistant, was arrested on Friday at a SoHo penthouse, where a man from Turin, Italy, claimed he was held captive and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks in a disturbing scheme to force him to reveal the password to his crypto account, police sources said, according to the New York Post. Glamorous Kidnapper in Disguise Folchi, whose family lives in Connecticut, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. However, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said they have decided not to pursue the case at this time, pending further investigation, the outlet reported. However, Folchi — who is originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook page — strangely insisted that she had no involvement in the kidnapping and torture of the Italian man when approached by The New York Post on Saturday. "I'm not arrested," she told the outlet outside her upscale apartment building in Chelsea, as she walked alongside another woman. "Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now," Folchi said, dressed in all black, wearing sunglasses, and carrying a Stella McCartney bag worth nearly $1,300. The pair then turned around and walked away down West 21st Street, refusing to answer any more questions. Folchi attended the University of Connecticut between 2017 and 2020, where she studied communication and philosophy, according to her LinkedIn profile. Since then, she has worked in several marketing-related roles. "Experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries, including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley," reads the bio of her profile, which also boasts her fluency in the Italian language. Femme Fatale Online profiles for the 5'9" stunner on IMDb and Backstage reveal that she has appeared in several films, short productions, and TV series since 2020, including a 2021 drama called "Butterfly Wings". Neighbors of the Folchi family's home in Southbury, Connecticut, said on Saturday that her parents had rented out the property and were currently in Italy. Attempts to contact Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley for comment were unsuccessful at the time. Folchi was reportedly arrested alongside Kentucky crypto investor John Woeltz, 37, and several over his accomplices for allegedly torturing an Italian tourist with a chainsaw during a disturbing, weeks-long extortion scheme in an attempt to gain access to the passwords to his crypto accounts, according to police sources. Woeltz was arrested after a 28-year-old Italian tourist—bruised and covered in blood—somehow escaped from the SoHo apartment on Friday morning and ran to a nearby police officer and claimed he had been held captive there for over two weeks, according to police sources, who spoke to the outlet. The suspects allegedly used a Taser on the victim, beat him with a pistol, and threatened to dismember him with a chainsaw unless he gave up access to the millions stored in his cryptocurrency account. On Friday morning, police raided the upscale mansion, which Woeltz was allegedly renting for roughly $30,000 to $40,000 a month, and pulled out one of the suspects, who was wearing a white bathrobe. According to the victim, his ordeal began on May 6 when he reached Manhattan from Italy, enticed by what turned out to be a fake business opportunity. Instead of a deal, he said his passport was confiscated, and the lavish apartment was transformed into a nightmare prison where he was held for weeks. The so-called 'crypto bros' including Woeltz allegedly tied the victim up using electrical cords and gave him electric shock, including using a Taser while his feet were in water. The nightmare began after a dispute over cryptocurrency, with the suspect allegedly attempting to extort millions of dollars from the victim through a series of brutal tortures, according to sources. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital for medical care, while authorities arrested Woeltz.
New York Post
24-05-2025
- New York Post
Crypto boss John Woeltz's young, beautiful ‘assistant' in Italian tourist's kidnap and torture is Italy native, actress
The brunette beauty arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the alleged kidnap and torture of an Italian man in Manhattan is a small-time actor who claims to work as a marketing manager for luxury brands like Rolls Royce and Bentley and whose family lives in Connecticut. Beatrice Folchi – the 24-year-old who police sources said worked as Woeltz's assistant – was arrested Friday at the SoHo penthouse where a man from Turin, Italy told cops he was held hostage and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks, in a sick extortion attempt to gain the password to his cryptocurrency account. She was charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, but the Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute pending further investigation, a spokesperson said. Advertisement 4 'I'm not arrested,' Beatrice Folchi told The Post in an exclusive interview outside of her ritzy Chelsea apartment building Saturday. Khristina Narizhnaya/NY Post But Folchi — who's originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook profile — bizarrely claimed she wasn't implicated in the sadistic crimes when approached by The Post Saturday. 'I'm not arrested,' she told The Post in an exclusive interview outside of her ritzy Chelsea apartment building, where she was walking with another woman. Advertisement 'Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now,' added Folchi, who was sporting an all-black outfit, sunglasses and a nearly $1,300 Stella McCartney tote. The duo turned around and took off in the opposite direction on West 21st Street without answering further questions. 4 Folchi was charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, but the Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute pending further investigation, a spokesperson said. Khristina Narizhnaya/NY Post Folchi studied communication and philosophy at the University of Connecticut from 2017 to 2020, and has since held various positions in marketing, according to her LinkedIn. Advertisement 'Experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls Royce, and Bentley,' reads the bio of her profile, which also boasts her fluency in the Italian language. Profiles for the 5'9' bombshell on IMBD and Backstage show she's held roles in several movies, short films and series since 2020, including a 2021 drama titled 'Butterfly Wings.' 4 Folchi allegedly worked as an assistant to John Woeltz (pictured) in the twisted imprisonment and torture of the Italian man, according to police sources. Michael Nagle 4 Folchi was arrested at the SoHo penthouse where an Italian man told cops he was held hostage and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks, according to police. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post Advertisement Neighbors at her family's Southbury, Connecticut, home said Saturday the Folchi parents had rented out the house, and were staying in Italy. Puma, Manchester City, Rolls Royce and Bentley could not immediately be reached for comment.
