Virginia man ‘trusted crypto scammer more than his own family’ before suicide
The family of an 82-year-old Virginia man who committed suicide after falling victim to a pig butchering crypto scam say they’re ‘heartbroken’ that he seemingly trusted the scammer more than his own children, CNN reports. Dennis Jones took his own life in March after handing over ‘everything he had’ to a scammer posing as a woman called ‘Jessie’ on Facebook. According to Jones’ social media records, the pair had been exchanging messages for months before he was convinced to invest a large amount of money into a fraudulent crypto project. Once he had, ‘Jessie’ reportedly convinced him to hand over more and more of his cash until ‘he had nothing left.’ During this time, according to his daughter Adrianne, the US ually outgoing and optimistic Jones began to step back from his family , prompting them to arrange a meeting at which they would disc US s the best way to help get him back on his feet. However, before the meeting could ta...