Our Family’s Life Savings Stolen: Help Us Rebuild Hope

“No, no, no…” I heard Jimmy say as I held our one-week-old son, Isaiah. I felt something was wrong. He stumbled into our room and in a panic, said, “Lily, they stole all our bitcoin.” In that moment, our entire world shattered.

We’re Jimmy and Lily, parents to our newborn Isaiah and our three-year-old Nikolai. Every single dollar we had—7.4 bitcoin, worth over $865,000—was stolen from a cryptocurrency wallet. That wasn’t just money. It was every sacrifice we made; years of skipping dinners out, working long hours, and dreaming of a safe future for our boys. It was our home, their college funds, our everything—gone in seconds.

Jimmy, who handles our finances, just wanted an easier way to check our savings. Trusting the Apple App Store, he downloaded what appeared to be a reputable mobile app linked to a desktop program he’d used for years. Not knowing the app was a cruel scam built to steal everything, in a heartbeat, our life savings vanished. Every penny we had, wiped out.

The pain is unbearable. I see Jimmy’s hands tremble as he stares at his phone, trying to undo the impossible. I hear his sobs in the night, echoing my own as I nurse Isaiah, tears falling onto his tiny head. Moments that should be filled with joy—cuddling our newborn, watching Nikolai play—are drowned in fear. How will we keep our boys safe and secured?

Three years ago, the Celsius cryptocurrency collapse took two-thirds of our savings, and Jimmy paved a way for us to recover from that nightmare. Now, this scam has stolen what little we had left, leaving us with nothing but each other.

We’re fighting to survive. Jimmy has filed reports with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and reached out to lawyers, desperate to hold someone accountable. We need to know why the Apple App Store allowed this fake app to destroy our lives. But legal fees are upwards of $50,000 at the minimum, and hiring experts to trace our stolen bitcoin costs even more—money we don’t have. We’re broken, but we’re not giving up.

You Can Help:

We’re asking for your support to raise $75,000 to:

-Pay litigation fees to pursue justice against those responsible.

-Hire cybersecurity experts to track our stolen bitcoin.

-Support our family to care for Nikolai and Isaiah during this crisis.

Every dollar you give brings us closer to rebuilding. We promise to share every step of our fight—legal updates, small victories, and how your kindness keeps us going. From the depths of our hearts, thank you for reading our story and giving us hope when we feel lost.

With all our love,

Jimmy, Lily, Nikolai, and Isaiah

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