Came here to post this. The headline is yellow journalism. There's no reason to mention Oracle. Forbes used to have a strong brand. Seems like they print a lot of trash these days.
"Part-time clown" even makes for a better headline IMO
That would be author of the article.
That doesn't help distinguish him from every other joker in crypto.
I was wondering that also. Is not like Oracle had a special service for hiding Bitcoins for criminals. Oracle might have cut ad spend on Forbes...
As a single throwaway fact somewhere near the end of the article it sort of makes sense to establish the dude as a tech guru. On the other hand, repeating the tie multiple times, including in the lede and headline reeks of SEO clickbait.
I guess the implication is that Oracle is a den of thieves.
I felt like this is somewhat true after dealing with the salespeople at Oracle. After my company moved some data stored from Oracle to Snowflake, I felt like we were not getting robbed anymore.
They probably had to flip a coin if he drove a Tesla.
I lol'd
"Man helped cocaine dealers hide $9k" is not exactly a thrilling news story.
Ideally news stories would have less sensational titles by here we are.
"Oracle Employee" will get more clicks than "Brian Krewson".
It's especially misleading with that $54M part; obviously when people see that and the word Oracle, they assume this was all from one database license. /s