I don't think he was dumb as lazy. To maintain anonymity there are a million things you have to do and if you mess just a couple up it can ruin the whole thing.
Operating inside the US, serving primarily US customers?
It cannot get any dumber.
Oh wait, it can! In July, Homeland Security showed up at his door asking questions about the fake IDs he had ordered. His apparent response? Business as usual.
The only non-dumb response in that situation is to run, because your life as you know it is about to be over.