Two New York police detectives, including one who is part of Mayor Eric Adams' security detail, are under investigation for alleged ties to the case of Italian Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, who was tortured in New York.
The New York Post reports. The mayor's staff confirmed their "suspension" and said they were "troubled" by the allegations. "Every city employee is required to follow the law, including officers. We are troubled by the allegations and, as soon as we learned of them, we put them on minimum shifts," Adams' staff said.
The Italian woman involved is defending herself: "It's all a misunderstanding," Beatrice Folchi told some of her acquaintances from Latina, where she is originally from. The girl was initially stopped by the New York police along with John Woeltz, the attacking trader, but the prosecutor decided not to pursue charges while the investigation continues. For now, the only person in prison is Woeltz, the cryptocurrency trader who wanted the passwords to Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan's Bitcoin accounts and tortured him unsuccessfully to try to obtain them.
The 37-year-old Kentucky native has amassed vast wealth, and authorities want to know how he managed to accumulate it. Woeltz is worth $100 million, according to investigators, and has a private plane and a helicopter.
Meanwhile, police continue to comb the torture house, a luxury eight-bedroom apartment in the Big Apple rented for $30,000 a month. The hunt for a second man, the alleged accomplice, who is still at large, continues. Authorities are aiming to determine whether the attack was part of a much larger organized trap since, according to rumors, Woeltz had established contacts with several young Europeans interested in blockchain. Woeltz's arrest follows a series of attacks on personalities in the cryptocurrency sector in the United States and elsewhere, in which victims and their families were kidnapped or attacked for the purpose of extortion.
(Online Union)