What catalyst between 2013 when he was attempting to fleece gullible elderly angel investors with nonsense CS talk and 2014, when he began doing ETH, transforme

What catalyst between 2013 when he was attempting to fleece gullible elderly angel investors with nonsense CS talk and 2014, when he began doing ETH, transformed him from a scammer to a legitimate and responsible financial planner? I'm willing to accept that people's actions from when they're 19 shouldn't color their lives years later. But maybe people's actions when they were 19 are good to examine to put context into a project they began when they were 20.