Widow of George Jones loses $17M in XRP crypto theft by former partner

31-7-2025 – Nancy Jones, widow of country music legend George Jones, has lost approximately $17 million in a cryptocurrency theft involving XRP, first reported by Finance Feeds. Her former partner, Kirk West, allegedly stole over $400,000 in cash and a Ledger wallet containing more than 5. 5 million XRP tokens from two safes in her Franklin, [. source: https://www.cointrackdaily.com/widow-of-george-jones-loses-17m-in-xrp-crypto-theft-by-former-partner/