He's the fall guy for their whole group. He's allowed to take the blame so people do not realize the small tightly knit cabal that's running things behind the scenes. Funnel money to him and he sends it out to the organizations that the public can actually see, and everybody else gets anonymity.
Can't they just introduce a new villain instead of re-using the old ones people have nostalgia for?
He's the fall guy for their whole group. He's allowed to take the blame so people do not realize the small tightly knit cabal that's running things behind the scenes. Funnel money to him and he sends it out to the organizations that the public can actually see, and everybody else gets anonymity.
In season 15 the plan is to have him become a cyborg-lich.