Detective on NYC mayor’s security detail linked to crypto millionaire torture

A New York detective assigned to protect Mayor Eric Adams is accused of picking up an Italian

Bitcoin millionaire from JFK International Airport and driving him to a house where he

would be held captive and tortured. Multiple law enforcement agencies confirmed the news to CNN

Thursday. It's unclear if the detective knew he was delivering the victim to his kidnappers when

he dropped him off at a high-end townhouse earlier this month. Officials say a pair of NYPD

detectives have been linked to the crime. They say the one who drove the crypto millionaire to

his captors is currently being questioned. Both detectives have reportedly been placed on modified

duty, stripped of their guns and badges while the probe continues. The detective who drove the

Italian Bitcoin investor to the townhouse works private security while off duty from security

detail for Adams, according to the Associated Press. Adams spokesperson responded to the report

Saying in a statement every city employee is expected to follow the law including our officers both on and off duty We are disturbed by these allegations and as soon as it came to our attention the officers were placed on modified duty

Officials say they do not believe the detectives in question had knowledge of the alleged criminal behavior at the townhouse, nor did Adams

A pair of men have been arrested and charged in the plot. They are John Waltz and William DuPlessis

DuPlessis. Prosecutors say they were involved in the violence scheme aimed at obtaining the

millionaire's Bitcoin password. Both Woltz and DuPlessis have pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping

and torture plot. Prosecutors say the victim, who they did not identify by name, was tortured for

more than two weeks. He was threatened, drugged, beaten, and shocked with electrical wires after he

refused to give up his password. He was reportedly able to escape after his captors became distracted

last Friday. That was 17 days into his kidnapping. For more on this story

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