It’s a complete puff piece. Poor guy, surrounded by crooked and incompetent people. 80,000 bitcoin just disappeared somehow! Oops! Fortunately he’s sleeping better and shredded now. Love a story with a happy ending!
It's especially big in crypto because the whole community has a conspiratorial "the System is against us" mindset, and if you can successfully tap into that and convince people "I was targeted by The Man, man" all your crimes can be washed away.