To be a criminal you actually need to perform a crime. He did not perform one if I'm reading your post correctly.
Whoever, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing ...
demands or receives any money or other valuable thing, shall be fined ...
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 18 USC paragraph 873 -
Are you retarded? PWC isn't even considered money by any government. Enough with this nonsense.