Go read the Forbes magazine article I linked to. It sounds like Mr. Tappin has been trying to get rich quick, cutting it close to the line between legal and illegal as he chooses what he is investing in. The earlier episode illustrates that.

Just because he's older and walks with a stick doesn't mean he's gained wisdom during his years on earth. He sounds like someone who is living in comfortable circumstances who tried to pull a fast profit one too many times and now he's having to face the American legal system.

I suspect he knew what he was doing.

SRS