An 80-year-old was scammed out of $285,000. His computer was accessed remotely, and his money turned into cryptocurrency.

George Chryssanthou and his partner of 25 years, Electra Friedman, were hoping to move to Greece when Friedman retired after a long career as an art educator. Eighty-year-old Chryssanthou spent his teenage years in the country, while 83-year-old Friedman was born there. The plan was to use …