He owed interest on interest and lost all he had. He calculated his tax bill at 30 million francs US$1 million. He insisted he owed 1.5 million francs [US$50,000]. He spent long periods without a job and without unemployment benefit and his wife cleaned houses. The problems lasted 30 years. They ended on 10 June 2011. He felt so bitter about Paul Claeys - "not a good guy; he promised and promised and...” - that he refused to attend his funeral in 2012.