Why would you be trading 2 million euros worth of crypto for bank notes in a hotel room? There's obviously shady dealings going on here - money laundering, drug money, or something similar.
Dealing with that amount is illegal.
I don't know if he had a fiscal residency or not but either way he was limited to 10 000 euros.
So, if the article is real (as I've seen thousands of fakes who are written just for clicks) he probably has only slight to 0 chances of getting his
BTC but he will probably also be in trouble because of this whole deal.
I'm always amazed at how the hell can some guys run a successful company and at the same time be this stupid.