That's a very reasonable real-world comparison, but we're living in DPC's world, which he himself admits was fueled by a bunch of American Pie and other 80s-90s style films. The informant who helps unravel everything (and maybe catch the MC on a tangent) would absolutely fit in with some of that garbage.
I don't discount your citation of source, he is a good one, but this is brought to us by the same guy who fueled weeks of "Why is Maya so fucking stupid with her student loan issue? LOANS DON'T WORK LIKE THAT!".
As I said originally, it could be entirely coincidental circumstances, it may very well be nothing at all, but it has those threads and I pluck at them on occasion, as do others.