You're mistaken, there is a third party in this matter, thanks to whom all the prize money was actually received.
We are very grateful to you for that! Just don't flaunt it in our faces if you truly helped resolve that issue from the heart back then — wait for the return, and that'll be it, and we'll forget it like a bad dream. But by blowing this up here, you won't make the money come any faster — you'll only clutter up the thread, which is meant for other topics.