That's interesting, never heard that story before, do you remember who posted the thread? Give some more details and I can try to search for some keywords.
I think theymos posted the thread because he offered a reward if the btc was recovered. I don't remember
I am speaking about the bitcointalk fourm treasurers. Who stole the funds from the fourm.
I don't think the treasurer stole the funds, he died with the funds in his wallet and then a couple years later the funds or some of the funds were moved. The thread was posted by theymos and he offered 25% of whatever was recovered to whoever could recover it