Jan-Willem lost €215,000 in an alleged cryptocurrency investment scam
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Artist Jan-Willem, 69, reportedly invested money from the sale of his bed-and-breakfast and exhibition space in cryptocurrency through an investment app, hoping to supplement his pension. The app showed his investment growing to €1 million, but his assets later disappeared. He said he had been defrauded of €215,000 and discussed the collapse of his retirement plans on the program Scam Alert.