Yes the fact he got money to finish a work he wasn’t 100% into lately is questionable.
I think it’s irrelevant how into it he was. The point is he is hyping up a big monetary gain from what he’s doing, and pretty transparently using pirated sources. These are things that endanger us all.
Were this not the case, it’d be hard for any of us to feel strongly about what he’s doing. But because he is, I think that’s why we are holding him to tight standards.