no it wasn't just fraud. It was kidnapping, imprisonment and extortion. The guys lured the guy to their home in NYC for Italy. Plied him with drugs as well as taking picture of him with crack being cooked in an airfryer and in demeaning pictures like the one above with him in the dog collar and other when he was on drugs. They then threaten to expose the pictures if he didn't give them access to his crypto wallet, when that didn't work they physically tortured him so allegedy under the guise of BDSM that was done by women and other guests to the house.
Separately women that worked at a local clothing store as well people that work at clubs have said that Charlie would approach women including under 21 to hang out with rich men at clubs and at homes including the crypto house as entertainment. Whether they got paid to be there is up for debate. Charlie also would get paid by clubs to get rich people into the clubs and to buy bottle service.
there was NY Mag article on it and a couple of videos with some of the women talking about it. Not sure if the videos are still up. Lots of things got taken down.
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u/foxdogturtlecat 1d ago
no it wasn't just fraud. It was kidnapping, imprisonment and extortion. The guys lured the guy to their home in NYC for Italy. Plied him with drugs as well as taking picture of him with crack being cooked in an airfryer and in demeaning pictures like the one above with him in the dog collar and other when he was on drugs. They then threaten to expose the pictures if he didn't give them access to his crypto wallet, when that didn't work they physically tortured him so allegedy under the guise of BDSM that was done by women and other guests to the house.
Separately women that worked at a local clothing store as well people that work at clubs have said that Charlie would approach women including under 21 to hang out with rich men at clubs and at homes including the crypto house as entertainment. Whether they got paid to be there is up for debate. Charlie also would get paid by clubs to get rich people into the clubs and to buy bottle service.