History began in 2009 in Malibu, where Taylor Thomson, one of the richest women in the world (family in 2024
I took it The tenth place in the Global Forbes rating) made friends with another woman, designer of social networks, Ashley Richardson.
Women quickly found common interests and became close against the backdrop of loneliness and hobbies of Richardson with spiritual practices. Thomson felt deprived of attention – compared to other family members who controlled the business, writes The Wall Street Journal.
In the spring of 2021, Richardson stumbled upon the performance of the popular spiritual medium in the United States and psychic Michelle Whitedove, which Recommended To their followers to invest in Persistence tokens (XPRT). According to the psychic, these digital coins could save the funds in the midst of the pandemic.
Ashley shared the advice with Taylor. She consulted with her personal astrologer Robert Sabella, who in August 2021 sent her an enthusiastic letter: “Persistence has high potential!”
As a result, Richardson, a woman without knowledge and experience in investment in crypto, took on the oral request of Taylor, the management of her cryptocurrency portfolio. During the bull trend of 2021, Richardson, according to the WSJ publication, controlled the cryptocurrency assets of a girlfriend worth more than $ 140 million.
Initially, the predictions of astrologers came true and the XPRT Token demonstrated steady growth, exceeding $ 13 per coin. But by the middle of 2022, the cryptocurrency market collapsed, and Persistence token depreciated to almost zero.
Taylor, who lost about $ 80 million at the fall of the XPRT course, counted herself deceived and hired a consulting company Guidepost to return funds. She accused Richardson of creating a “too rainbow picture of the potential of Persistence token” and said that she made more than 450,000 unauthorized and risky deals without her knowledge.
In 2023 Taylor Submitted A lawsuit against Richardson and issuers of Persistens token in the amount of about $ 25 million, accusing of fraud and fraud associated with the artificial overestimation of the value of the XPRT token. In turn, Richardson filed a counterclaim of $ 10 million, accusing Thomson of slander. Former close friends now communicate only through lawyers, writes WSJ.
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