The Tennessee man is facing the back of the bar years later, as he is allegedly stole millions of dollars worth of XRP from the widow of a famous country music star.
Nashville area resident Kirk West was arrested Friday for theft of a ledger wallet containing about $400,000 in cash and more than 5.5 million XRP tokens. A victim who is allegedly a victim of Caper? West’s brave lover, Nancy Jones – the fourth and last wife George Jones, the late country music sensation.
So, exactly, did XRP, a red-hot cryptocurrency created by the founder of Ripple, advance advance with allegations of the southern saga of romance, music, deception and crime?
First reported by the local news agency, according to court filings. SluggingNancy Jones first met the XRP con man West a few months after the death of famous country star George Jones in 2013. West claimed he was interested in buying Jones’ house, and soon began to provide widow comfort and companionship.
Kirk West was arrested Friday on criminal theft. Courtesy: Franklin Police Station
According to the restraining order, Jones later submitted to West, and the two became romantically involved a few weeks after Jones allowed West to become her roommate. Jones then fully funded West’s lifestyle, claiming to take him on vacation and buy a gorgeous car.
Jones later affirmed that West was originally, but asserted that the West was not successful, even though he was “puncleless.”
In 2016, West was placed under house arrest at Jones’ home after committing two counts of criminal bank fraud. During this period, according to Jones, West became a self-proclaimed “crypto expert” and was known to have XRP, Ethereum (ETH), Doge, Shiba Inu (Shib), Stellar (XLM), another token created by one of the founders of Ripple.
Just a few weeks ago, West broke into two safes in Jones’ home and, among other items, allegedly stole a ledger wallet containing 5,534,307 XRP tokens. Two days later, Jones departed west from her house. Local police were arrested west on suspicion of criminal theft at Nashville International Airport on Friday, Franklin Police Station said. Decryption.
Jones and her lawyers are reportedly able to recover largely Of the allegedly stolen XRP, it was unable to track around 483,000 tokens.
Saga timing is appropriate in several respects: XRP has flew to its highest ever in recent weeks after years Fate to flag. In 2016, when West and Jones first invested in cryptocurrencies, it was worth about half a cent. Earlier this month, the token exploded to a new record of $3.65.
Nancy Jones’ safe, and the total of XRP tokens stolen to the West, is said to have been worth around $35,000 in 2016. At the time of writing, it is worth more than $17.4 million.
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