The internet is a small place, and the "it's just a game" defense didn't prevent 17 year olds from catching federal felony charges then, and it sure wouldn't now, barely out of the 10-year statute of limitations.
Between the statute of limitations now being a farce, and the young gentleman who made it out unscathed legally are now battling employment, credit, and security check issues... maybe the stories of SIM swapping, SWATing, social engineering, doxing, DDoS, bribery, conspiracy, nation-state actors, treason, and other miscellany that plagued our late childhood with paranoid fever dreams....be better off untold, at least until more of us are confirmed retired or safe from petty retribution.
Jack Rhysider (Darknet Diaries guy) has done a bunch of interviews with people in your circumstance- they use pseudonyms and keep certain things vague.
You mention wanting to "correct the record" in an earlier comment- why not DM this guy and tell him what you're telling us? https://twitter.com/JackRhysider
