This is really the ideal move. Let Coinbase lawyers figure it out. They have the legal expertise and better resources to determine potential connections to crim

This is really the ideal move. Let Coinbase lawyers figure it out. They have the legal expertise and better resources to determine potential connections to crime than anyone else does. If Coinbase seizes the money, that's fine. If they let him keep it, then there's no better way to cash out than through Coinbase. It's going to generate an automatic love letter to the IRS with all the details of the transactions, and he'll be taxed appropriately.