And has been inactive since July 2017, and just woke up to start this thread.

It could be a hacked account, it could not. I'm not saying that his case is not genuine; but seeing how many of this situations I've seen on this couple of months since I've been back to the forum.... well.... I tend to distrut everyone in certain situations (yes, no matter the rank). Besides, if it's a bought account/wallet, there's nothing stopping OP from lying; but still