Shortly thereafter, Nancy Jones and West became romantically involved, and in 2016—while under house arrest for two counts of criminal bank fraud—West became a self-proclaimed “crypto expert.”
After kicking West out of her home last year due to a suspected affair, Jones then discovered that a Ledger hardware wallet which protected the keys to her crypto holdings was missing from her safe. With the help of attorneys, she was able to recover just over 5 million of the XRP tokens, but more than 483,000 XRP—now valued at more than $1 million—remained unrecovered.
Crypto Bill Draft Grants XRP, Solana and Dogecoin Same Legal Status as Bitcoin
Decrypt reached out to the law office for West’s attorney Dana McLendon Law, but did not immediately receive a response.
