I'm sorry that this all happened to you...My name is Joe. I was friends with Ben. We met in 9th grade. Back in 2017, he came to live with myself, wife and kids. He then ripped me off a couple thousand worth of crypto and then I drove him to the airport. When he got to mexico, he asked me for a little crypto to hold him over, I felt bad and gave it to him as a loan. I never got it back and later found that my crypto accounts were all drained the last 2 months he was here.
He was a very long friend of mine, I helped him when his own father wouldn't talk to him.
All should definitely steer clear of him.