Summary
- William Duplessis, the former CEO of a Swiss virtual asset investment firm, was arrested as the third accomplice in the Manhattan virtual asset kidnapping case.
- Jessica Tisch turned herself in that day and was revealed to be the second accomplice.
- They collaborated with a virtual asset investor to kidnap and detain an Italian national, demanding the password to a Bitcoin wallet while committing assault.
An accomplice involved in a kidnapping and extortion case targeting virtual assets (cryptocurrency) in the United States has been arrested.
According to the Wall Street Journal on the 27th (local time), the New York Police Department arrested William Duplessis for kidnapping, assaulting, and illegally detaining an Italian tourist in Manhattan. William Duplessis is known to be the former CEO of a Swiss virtual asset investment firm.
William Duplessis is the third accomplice in the Manhattan kidnapping case.
It is reported that another accomplice, Jessica Tisch, turned herself in earlier that morning.
They are accused of kidnapping an Italian national, referred to as victim A, in Manhattan, USA, along with virtual asset investor John Waltz, detaining them in an apartment, and demanding the password to a Bitcoin (BTC) wallet while committing assault and torture.
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