Its an unfortunate mess, I believe they're trying to sort it and payments have been going out. I'd be very careful chucking accusations of scam out there ... Let's be honest, Authorship have definitely been scammed with all the fake referrals being set up.
That's weird to see people still talking about this coin, I saw this thread bumped up and it looked like it a thread revival or something.
Less people are replying on the 2 threads "ATS SCAM" because most bounty hunters are paid now, I suppose.