what follows is my personal opinion, not backed by evidence and such;

I don't think that alex donated anything to charities, his reputation of a greedy bastard tells me that he would actually steal from charities, rather then donate to them. I would like somebody to investigate this btc laundering, because it is simply not possible for me to comprehend that alex was left empty handed after this;

and those articles listed are not too encouraging; for example, one of the journalists

"About Richard Dambrosi
worked in the plastic blow molding industry for over 30 years"

is not very competent at writing articles; we all know you can buy an article for 30-40 usd, so those articles don't mean anything;

therefore, I think alex stole 17.5 btc instead of donating them; I would like to see somebody investigating this btc laundering, if there is anybody willing to do that;