Most likely not directly.

It is possible though that he was wired a certain amount of money from a off shore account tied to a fund, practically untraceable, or paid in crypto.

Part of that payment though probably includes something like, if caught, you have to give a made up reason for doing it, or otherwise your family won't get the money... or worse things may happen to your family.

This kind of stuff is real and does happen. With the kind of money at play here, people will do anything. It's the old mafia style in the modern era.