An Italian man has said he was kidnapped and tortured in a luxury Nolita townhouse. So far, two men have been charged.

The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves seeking digital assets.

Lawyers for John Woeltz, charged in the crypto kidnapping case, raised questions about the timing of his arrest and evidence discovery during a court hearing. Authorities say Woeltz and his partner knew the victim,

The duo was spotted there on multiple nights in a row, reportedly spending between $80,000 and $100,000 during each visit.

John Woeltz, the Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is innocent — and being manipulated by someone else, a relative claimed to The Post.

The tortured and wounded victim escaped John Woeltz's house of horrors in an ordeal authorities described as “The Wolf of Wall Street” meets “American Psycho."

Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one charge each of kidnapping, imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm after police claim he kidnapped and tortured an Italian tourist in New York City.

Eye-opening photos provide a glimpse into an alleged New York City house of horrors where an Italian businessman was tortured for his cryptocurrency password.