Technicians (not limited to people working with computers) always have it hard when they work purely in support capacity. This is like draining then fir everything they’ve got and looking for an opportunity to beat them down further so they stay in their abused state.
This sounds like the family basically has given an ‘okay’ to the authorities doing whatever to him, however illegal it may be.
Can’t say I’m surprised, my family is similar. Not as well off financially, but similar.
Pretending like you care about the guy… how rotten can these people be.