But he still has $100 million left.
That era is long gone.
To add, anyone under indictment and bail is closely monitored. They can't just transfer money to a Swiss Bank without raising an alarm.
HNers enjoy cooking up movie-plot schemes that are dumb in reality.
“With Bitcoin I can hide anywhere and access my fortune with just a password!”
…But he made such a public deal out of it that some criminals figured they can access a fortune by kidnapping this guy and making him reveal the password.
How would you do that?