When I first saw the title (I use HN Digest to send Hot Topics to my mail), I thought this was the same as the story I've read several years ago. I have attached some of them here, from 2012 [1], 2014 [2] and 2015 [3].

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_c...

[2] https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wikipedia-millions-bank-beg/

[3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12...