Your logic is just the same like "A lawyer saw a person in real bind and looked to make some money for his self for helping him"
Yes i am not a lawyer but same as the lawyer i do spend my time trying to solve his problem by the best way for him.
By your logic, lawyers should not exists because they take advantage of people in trouble to help them in exchange of money...
And actually the lawyers asking money upfront to start a case, i did ask money after the case is closed with happy end.
tl;dr You are not a lawyer, and any lawyer worth his/her salt would not suggest what you did. You can try to put whatever spin you want on this, but the fact is that I seriously, with no reservation whatsoever, do not trust your judgement and have tagged you accordingly.
Rambotnic has shown his greed, his eagerness to take advantage of a victim, and his total lack of judgement by advising this victim to pay the ransom on his account--even if it isn't the full amount. That's a small point and not an argument in his favor. In addition, he kept repeating that this is the way it goes with all/many casinos, which I find highly doubtful. If there's proof of that, I'd like to see it.