Well Dan I learned a lot more about this than I ever cared to and most of what you have to say sounds pretty reasonable. There's a fair amount of companies registered between you and Paul Stewart so it was hard to know exactly what companies you were referring to without saying them by name.
What it comes down to was you were developing infrastructure and leaving positive reviews for a Ponzi scheme that had been exposed as such more than a year prior.
however at the start of the project I was not in a position to perform due diligence and it wasn't my role to do so.
It's always your role to do so. You should do it for your damn self to prevent stuff like this from happening again in the future.
Having said that, it sounds like you sincerely tried to make amends.
Sorry you were asked for a bribe during your short Bitcointalk experience but scam projects attract scammer participants, what can I say.