Peter writes in that thread that "computer security is a mess" and also that any competent IT professional can secure their cryptoc with [whatever is considered state of the art this year].

Imagined banking was only available to people with equivalent of a college degree in finance and ongoing continuing education ..but also half the education is provided by criminals trying to rob use across national borders.

When referring to Peter Todd, it's worth remembering that he's accused of rape and may not be a reliable source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.34...

While not excusing anything alleged, that's a curious non-sequitur.

It all seems so implausible that boating accident seems true enough

I believe there is a relatively low limit for theft losses when it comes to tax writeoffs.

Also tax losses are usually calculated as cost minus value received. In this case the cost is probably minimal as I imagine he mined them way back.