If anyone thinks this guy would've shown up without someone from the forum finding him, you are delusional as fuck.

And why post a novel about your story?

If this guy had shown up on his own free will, and basically posted: "I fucked up, here's how I'm going to make things right..." then I would have some respect for him. As it stands, I don't believe he will pay the money back or that he has any true remorse for what he did.