LG must have whistleblown his guts out to save himself and he is being rewarded. Full disclosure of their own and other people's corruption is how the blackmailed and money-laundering recipients can save themselves if part of their disclosure is revealing the power structure level above them. Certain crimes with never qualify however.
I read The Hollow Earth when I was a child. All it took was knowing tropical plant pieces show up over the "mystery area" of the arctic. Taught me to have an open mind.