I do exactly the same, instead I vouch wholeheartedly for his honesty. I have never been ripped off by him. If there’s any person I trust to be a pure soul, it’s Toren, and I’m not the only one who will stand by him in this belief. Toren is not a thief. The idea alone is unthinkable.
This whole ordeal was due to a miscommunication. Read all sides of the story, please.
I understand your friend feels stolen from, and it is a very large amount which makes it all the more painful. If she’s in a pinch I can understand all the better that she's angry, but technically, this is Syn’s mistake, not Toren’s.
Trying to make him look bad, will not make your friend look better, I can assure you.