The two suspects in NYC’s crypto kidnapping and torture case just can’t catch a break … prosecutors just unsealed an indictment charging them with a series of felonies — one day after their Kentucky home was raided by the feds.
Bitcoin investors John Woeltz and William Duplessie were indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on charges of kidnapping, assault, coercion, attempted grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon, according to new court documents.
On Tuesday, federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives descended on a Smithland, KY, estate owned by Woeltz and Duplessie, sources with direct knowledge told TMZ.
Our sources say the raid was carried out with officers from the Kentucky State Police and the New York Police Department who executed two warrants at the property.
THE HOME RAID
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A rep for the ATF told us the operation was part of an “ongoing violent crime investigation” in conjunction with the NYPD…