I would find this gut wrenching.  Poor guy.  Happy it isn't me.

I know a guy who has 10-20 BTC on a hard drive that he threw away (he is convinced he had them anyways).

Poor guy

It seems like so many people don't want to pay their taxes on their crypto gains.  I don't get it.  To me this is the quickest and easiest money I will probably make in my entire life.  Why not pay the taxes on it?  And sleep like a baby at night in the process.

Just my two cents.

Also if you have to go to a message board to learn about money laundering, you probably shouldn't do it.