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'Crypto king' turned NYC townhouse into torture chamber to gain partner Bitcoin

The 28-year-old was brought to the Nolita home, where he was held and tortured for several weeks, according to sources.

When the 28-year-old refused, police said Woeltz and the other man pistol-whipped the victim, held a gun to his head, used a chainsaw on his leg, urinated on him, tied his wrists, dangled him off the building and threatened his family. When the victim managed to escaped on Friday morning, more than two weeks after the torture started, police found him covered in cuts and bruises. The luxury six-story Prince Street townhouse had an elevator and was described by sources as a high-end frat house with bottles of liquor strewn about and stripper poles in the basement.

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