It means he was bribed (the new job) to help with a transaction (sell .org), but to not raise suspicion the bribe delivery was scheduled for a later date.
They used to say about a well known Irish politician that he always took the bribe but never did what he was bribed to do. But people kept bribing him anyway.
Nassim Taleb talks about this revolving door between government and business.
After a powerful regulator leaves government, they can often get high paying jobs in the industry they just regulated as a reward for good behavior and to interpret the complicated regulations.
This is widely practiced in politics (globally) in my country former presidents build non-profits (or "institutes") to receive these bribes in the form of donations.