NEW YORK (WPIX) – A second suspect has been taken into custody while a third remains at large in connection with the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian cryptocurrency millionaire in Manhattan, authorities said.

Beatrice Folchi was taken into police custody but had yet to be charged as of Saturday, according to authorities.

Police said the tourist had escaped Friday from a Manhattan apartment. The 28-year-old from Italy told investigators he had been kidnapped and tortured for several weeks.

John Woeltz, a 37-year-old from Kentucky, was arrested Friday and charged with assault, kidnapping, and unlawful imprisonment on Saturday. Attorneys said Woeltz forced the victim to send Bitcoin by threatening the victim’s family, then lured him to New York for the cryptocurrency.

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