I'm sure he justified it internally as it must be a fluke and not that they were obviously noticing and zeroing in on the source of fraud.

He also fucked up by telling them, oh I just use a few for movies. Like as soon as they brought him in for questioning he should have known to get very very rid of any all evidence related to the cards, I mean come on.

It might have been their description in the article, but it seemed like he was just chilling while the agents were getting all the proof they needed to throw the book at him, and then his defense was laughable, might as well plead guilty right away.