That's fair to say. My source is someone who was indirectly involved with some of it, and an admin/moderator I trust of another privacy/security group. And like @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works said, some of these things you can verify for yourself.

In cases like this it's often hard to find the truth, and there's always an amount of he said, she said; all I can say is that I personally trust these people, fwiw.