Thursday, June 5th 2025, 5:16:55 pm
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The parents of the man allegedly held captive and tortured by crypto bros in Manhattan got regular updates saying he was OK, The Post has learned. Italian national Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, 28, was allegedly held from May 6 to 23 in a luxury apartment on Prince Street for by John Woeltz and William Duplessie, who stand charged with tying up Carturan and torturing him for his digital wallet containing an estimated $28m in digital currency, according to cops. However, sources in Italy say during the early days of the apparent kidnap “Michael’s phone and his parents exchanged messages on WhatsApp,” although they pointed out it was possible the alleged kidnappers had been sending the messages so as not to raise the alarm.