By Carena Liptak, The Boot | A Nashville-area man has been charged with stealing millions of dollars in cash and cryptocurrency from his ex-girlfriend Nancy Jones, who is the widow of George Jones. A representative for Nancy confirmed that she’s the victim in the alleged crime, according to WKRN.
The outlet reports that she filed a theft report on Wednesday (July 23), and that her ex-boyfriend, 58-year-old Kirk West, was arrested at the Nashville International Airport the following day.
Court documents state that Nancy grew suspicious that West — who is described as her “long-term romantic partner” — was cheating on her, and on June 26, she called her granddaughter to ask her to check a safe and ensure that her jewelry and cash was secure.
According to the court document, only Nancy and West had the private code to access the safe.
The granddaughter discovered that $400,000 in cash was missing. Also missing was a Ledger wallet containing approximately 5,534,307 units of the digital currency XRP.
On the date of the discovery, that cryptocurrency was worth $11,622,044.70. Crypto’s value fluctuates quite a bit, and as of Friday (July 25), that amount’s worth had climbed to $17,045665.56, per WKRN.
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Go here to read more on this; not only “a scam” but a crime against an older person:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/george-jones-widow-s-boyfriend-charged-with-stealing-over-10-million-from-her/