Your problem was having faith in this forum to begin with 

Can't really trust anyone here, unfortunately.

It s very sad to know that one of the trusted escrow run away with escrow amount (as assumed here) it really has shaken my faith in escrow providers here and I am sure I am echoing a majority view.This doesn't mean that every escrow member is cheater but it makes everyone more cautious.I think campaign managers should use 2 or 3 campaign managers hence forth and keep small funds with each of them to prevent possible fraud