This is NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz Ballard.

Good evening. We begin with a shocking and disturbing case out of New York City.

This is 37-year-old John Walsh, a crypto investor from Kentucky,

accused of kidnapping and torturing his Italian business partner.

The allegations are jaw-dropping.

The victim telling police he was held captive inside this home for more than two weeks.

He says, Waltz beat him and threatened to kill him and his family.

According to a criminal complaint, the business relationship went downhill, at least in part,

because of a dispute over crypto.

Our Maya Eagland leads us off tonight.

John, did you kidnap that, Torres?

Tonight, 37-year-old John Wolts, a crypto investor from Kentucky, stands accused of kidnapping

and for more than two weeks torturing an Italian business partner.

What happened in those two weeks?

Waltz arrested by NYPD officers Friday, allegedly detained the 28-year-old Italian citizen in this high-priced home in downtown Manhattan.

Law enforcement sources close to the investigation say the men and a third partner had been in business together

for years and that there had been violent incidents in the past. But this time went further.

Sources tell NBC news that the men met in New York on May 6th. That Waltz took his Italian

partner's passport, tied him up, tortured, and photographed him until the man managed to escape

and alert authorities.

Police then went to the townhouse on Prince Street.

I was so amazed.

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