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2 men plead not guilty in New York crypto kidnapping and torture case

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Two crypto investors are accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for his Bitcoin .

Prosecutors say they lured the victim to a Manhattan townhouse by threatening to kill his family.

The man, 28 , says he was held captive for 17 days , tormented with electrical wires, forced to smoke from a crack pipe.

The two men face charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a weapon.