That would be an interesting play. It's the harder road. The man would have to do an awful lot of creative laundering to be able to use the btc without attracting the attention of revenue folks, though.

The two paths are:

1. Come out as Satoshi and be regarded as a genius. Deal with whatever the consequence of holding btc are, be they currency or assets.

2. Burn your own rep and be regarded as a nut, then struggle to live off your btc fortune.

Some people are weird. It's all fun to think about though.