I almost hate to say it but more sophisticated versions of this will come about. Like everyone knows you can order various nefarious things on the dark web, it might become common knowledge that if you are a disgruntled employee you can go find these scammers and collude. A smart contract linked to the ransomware you install could pay you out a guaranteed cut.

Clearly it’s a dumb thing to do because you are in the same country as the victim, would be on a list of interesting people to talk to and you’ll probably leave a trace of some sort. Unlike the scammer who is anywhere and anyone.