{"id":39521,"date":"2025-07-30T11:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=39521"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:16:59","slug":"17m-xrp-usd-heist-widow-of-country-legend-george-jones-victimized-in-crypto-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=39521","title":{"rendered":"$17M XRP\/USD Heist: Widow of Country Legend George Jones Victimized in Crypto Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What started as a suspicion of cheating ended with an arrest for XRP\/USD theft. Nancy Jones, widow of country icon George Jones, says her longtime partner, Kirk West, stole more than $17 million in XRP <\/a>from her Tennessee home.<\/p>\n

Dang, you never want to see that happen to your XRP. RIP.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, with doubts about West\u2019s loyalty growing, Jones asked her granddaughter to check on her money, only to find that a\u00a0Ledger wallet<\/a> and $400,000 in cash were gone. That wallet held over 5.5 million XRP tokens.<\/p>\n

West was picked up by police at Nashville International Airport on July 24, just as Franklin police opened their investigation.<\/p>\n

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$183.49B<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
24h<\/span>7d<\/span>30d<\/span>1y<\/span>All time<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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XRP\/USD: Attempted Extortion and Partial Recovery<\/h2>\n

Court documents allege that West later contacted Jones and offered to return only a portion of the stolen funds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe said he would wire me $5 million and that was all I was going to get,\u201d Jones recounted, per the criminal affidavit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Although Jones was able to recover approximately 5 million XRP<\/a>, she still suffered a loss of over 483,000 tokens. West now faces charges of felony theft over $250,000, and his bond is set at $1 million.<\/p>\n

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Dude in Nashville stole 5.5M XRP from a country music widow. Claimed he was a crypto expert. RIP to trust \"\ud83d\ude2c\"\"\ud83c\udfad\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 CryptoSangeet (@CryptoSangeet) July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n