[p1necone]

> it doesn't matter if you do good for the wrong reasons though

My take on this is that no, it doesn't. Philanthropy is useful regardless of the source.

But it also absolves you of no guilt, and the shitty things you did in the past are still shitty, and you shouldn't expect people to like you any more just because you're donating to charity. (Although maybe people who know you personally can judge better whether you've improved.)

[stocknoob]

I don’t think you can just draw a line in the timeline and say “the philanthropy after the crime is useful and therefore justified”.

You have to look at the chain of causation.