The timing is probably just coincidence. He probably submitted a bug bounty weeks or months earlier and it just now got included in release notes. 
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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The timing is probably just coincidence. He probably submitted a bug bounty weeks or months earlier and it just now got included in release notes
The fraudulent orders happened a few years ago, which was alleged recently
The indictment states that the pair attempted to fraudulently obtain over $3 million from Apple through more than two dozen fraudulent orders. For orders that did complete, they obtained around $2.5 million in electronic gift cards and more than $100,000 in "products and services." The scheme started in December 2018 and continued until at least March 2019.
Well, that was a pretty cluelessly written article. The two things are entirely unrelated. The headline seems to imply that Apple changed its mind about the fraudulent activity and was wrong, but that is not what the details support.
The article definitely could have been clearer, and the title is also clickbait. But what would be a better title? I tried drafting like 6 different ones and none were better.
I’d reverse it. “Security researcher who has been thanked by Apple for helping fix bugs in MacOS found to be a serial fraudster”
Absolutely no reason to suggest that Apple “forgave” him, or that it was a mistake. I hate whoever wrote this article.
I guess the title as is could make sense if fraud was part of stress testing