I always thought Polight snitched on him. Polight comes across like the character DMX played in Belly, a real grimy dude that gets locked up, gets out, gets approached by the feds, joins a group with the intent of bringing down the leader. Only Polight succeeded in his mission. That's why his success looks funny when compared to other hoteps. Out of all the dudes kicking knowledge, he's the one that gets rich off of it?
Polight has money because he uses his birth certificate as a letter of credit.