The stories you share here often occur in places or regions where people are still very unfamiliar with current technology. In such an area, it would definitely be very strange to see someone making money from home. That's why the speculation that immediately comes to the minds of such people, when they see someone successful without being seen working anywhere, is about negative things. Because usually it's about negative things on the internet, sometimes even ordinary people know about these things, maybe because of the news circulating, because news like that always spreads quickly. Therefore, the minds of ordinary people who do not know or have not studied the world of the internet such as bitcoin or crypto will think that the world of the internet is negative.

Therefore, if we become bitcoin investors, where we live the majority of people are still unfamiliar with the world of the internet and also bitcoin/crypto. It would be better to remain anonymous and keep it private. Because if we don't keep it a secret, worry that many people will think we are doing negative things.
But I believe that in the next few years, the majority of people will slowly learn about bitcoin and crypto. So surely misunderstandings like the one in your story will occur less and less frequently.