Looking at their article the journalist must be pretty dumb.

Then I got in touch with Micay himself—via LinkedIn, of all places. He declined my request for an on-the-record interview, citing safety concerns. I’ve since learned he’s 28 years old.

And

Donaldson claims he first met Micay sometime between 2011 and 2013, when Micay joined Toronto Crypto, a small group that occasionally got together to talk cryptography over beers.

So Donaldson, this journalists main source they chose to follow, met a 13 year old in Toronto to discuss crypto over beers?