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Her Husband Borrowed $250K Against The Family Home To Buy Crypto. She Says He Lost It All After Accidentally Pressing 'Sell Short'
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-13 18:31
A family's finances were thrown into chaos after a husband secretly borrowed $250,000 against the family home and put it into cryptocurrency, all without his wife's knowledge. When she found out, she told him to sell immediately. He promised the money would be back in their bank account within days. Instead, several days later, the money was still missing. The issue surfaced during a recent call to “The Ramsey Show,” where the wife, identified as Kate, explained how she discovered what had happened. Don ...