The fact that aTriz started bounty threads after lauda made this statement disagrees with this claim.
I don't think so. aTriz can deal with bounty management on his own, yeah? All it means is that ALU is no longer associated with them.
Also, I'm not exactly sure about what ALU's role in aTriz's bounties is: doesn't aTriz escrow the funds anyway? The only thing I can assume is that Untold does the design.