The 28-year-old victim escaped Friday morning after being held in captivity for more than two weeks, according to law enforcement sources.

Beatrice Folchi is the 24-year-old brunette beauty who was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the kidnap and torture of an Italian man in SoHo.

The alleged motive? Her family's cryptocurrency fortune. In a chilling new reality, digital wealth is no longer just vulnerable to hackers—it’s putting lives

Yet at the same time, there seems to be too little awareness of the cost of being your own bank security guard in a cashless world. A recent double-digit rise in crypto-exchange hacks and a wave of brazen crypto-executive kidnapping attempts — with the latest taking place in broad daylight on the streets of Paris — has put the industry on edge and ramped up interest in security ,

The Kentucky-based cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian businessman in a sadistic attempt to extort his Bitcoin password was ordered held without bail Saturday by a Manhattan judge.

Three Florida teenagers face serious charges after allegedly kidnapping a Las Vegas man at gunpoint and stealing $4 million in cryptocurrency and digital assets, according to KTSM 9 News.

Rising threats against crypto executives highlight security risks as organized crime targets digital wealth, prompting increased personal protection measures.

Mitroplus Labs said its founder was forced to send crypto from multiple wallets by men impersonating military officers.