Well, he's been found not guilty - therefore 'recovering it', per the judge's advice may incriminate him (not sure on the law here, double jeopardy vs new evidence).
As he's been taken to court why would he want to help his ex?
Well, there's his convictions for "fraud, theft, break and enter, possession of stolen property and causing an animal to be in distress". This guy has form.
It looks like he set an account up - but didn't give her the credentials.
From the sub article in 2014:
"Orion Alexander Holtby and his family have been evicted by six landlords in Victoria since 2010 for failing to pay rent."
It seems that he's a prolific wrongdoer, but not good enough to avoid being caught.
If I was forced to jump to a rash conclusion, presented the baffling and contradictory nonsense in the story:
Likely he's thinking he could hold onto it until it's all forgotten about and then move the coins or sell them when he feels the coast is clear. 😛
