I have to wonder what this guy was thinking.
Upsetting the feds for whistleblowing purposes requires a great deal of spine; but it’s an understandable motivation.
Upsetting the feds out of sincere allegiance to somebody else’s feds is similarly risky but understandable.
Doing it for money, though, seems weird. It’s not news that the intertubes are home to a thriving underground economy, much of which operates with effective impunity knocking over soft targets in bulk. That seems much more attractive than trifling with a rather sophisticated adversary with both a strong willingness to prosecute and plenty of things to charge you with.
Why pick what is among the harder available targets that is also in the best position to retaliate should you slip up even once?
