Should we not give people an opportunity to right the wrongs, they did in their past?
Was he promoting these services, knowing that they were scams or was he scammed too?
I believe in forgiveness, if someone :
1. Announce publically that he did wrong, and takes ownership for it.
2. Try to make ammends, by doing something to counter the wrong.
3. Do these things without hidden agendas or to do more wrong.
He had his "strike 1" ...I suggest we give him "strike 2" ......
It's easy to ruin a reputation, it's much harder to build it back up. If his actions add value and it makes a positive difference, it will be better for all.
The governments and press jumps on every opportunity, to bash the bitcoin protocol, when it's not even the protocol that was hacked, but the services using the protocol.
This in a way, can be seen as consumer protection, something that are lacking in the "payment processor" service side of bitcoin, and that is good.
All of the listed bounties are for people that have the ability to right their wrongs but have not done so