You yourself would be considered a scammer (forever) then to?
(You are trying to do kind of the same with the silly bet you made)
I never took anyone's money and my bet was a prank to fuck with people I had considered annoying at the time (I know, a horrible thing to do and extremely poorly thought out).
He could've run like a pirate .... but somehow he didn't. That deserves some kind of acknowledgment?!
Or it just means he might have been caught and realized he couldn't get away with it (death threats, etc). We don't know. I guess the previous poster asking for answers to questions is right on target.