I'm just now reading about this situation.  A great read.  This is the sort of crazy drama that always seems to pop it's head up around bubble time, especially when it comes to NiceHash.  I have always recommended to people that mining on NiceHash with their GPUs is a great way to get started in the crypto space.  It does seem like there's a suspicious amount of shenanigans coming from there though.  This latest event having all sorts of questionable behavior that is suspiciously self serving.