When it comes to anything IC my rule of thumb is: we'll never know the truth. It's an "industry" that trades in misinformation, mis-misinformation and so on.

In this case, _if_ you buy into the arc of the story then I would say it was it was likely another family member who tried to do the pirated software. But that would be a massive faux pas. So there's likely other nips and tucks, etc.