You have to convince him first it is what he wants to do. He seems very fixated on being a cyber criminal at this time and money is unlikely to sway him.
Just imagine Jesus up in space bouncing from satellite to satellite getting all pissed off cause he just wants to get to earth and get this second coming shit over with so he can go back to heaven and bang some angels.
I don’t have a link but a look around seems to indicate you want to “aquire” the Epson maintenance software which will let you reset the counter yourself. Someone one on Reddit found it but was only replying via PM with the link.