Lock this thread and bump it periodically.
Lol. This is not a service thread. Lady
You are wrong. Service threads are not the only threads which are allowed to bump. I have a thread I bump it periodically. There are many users who had none service thread they bump it. I asked him to bump it so that some day moderator will notice it and consider the unban. 😉
I disagree with this reasoning, my friend. If he paid you back when he was already banned, he knew that paying you back could already help his case, as it has. About $75-100 is what he was making in a week posting on the forum. To me, it seems like a pretty profitable investment to give back about $100 to get unbanned soon and make $100 a week.
In any case, if he is to be given a second chance, I would not be in a hurry to give it to him. It doesn't have to be tomorrow.
I think the most convenient punishment will be to ban his signature for x month/year. He plagiarized which is no way acceptable but considering the whole situation he deserves a chance too. If this was a bounty hunter then no one would bother to write a word. But since there are many users with many opinions, it means he has done something good to the forum.