I really don't trust anything this members Maidak or legendster say, they both have negative red trust, both of them have or previously had some scam accusations against them, and there was password reset and change in both cases.
Please check Trust summary for both of them before making any conclusions.
Will such an attempt help to bring back money? I don't think.
Can you prove ownership of any address posted in bitcointalk forum before 2021?
I agree with you here. User Maidak very easily gave up claiming his money, $3000 it's not insignificant money either, for him insufficient even to neg. tag legendster account.
Also, we still can't be sure if there original owner behind legendster's account.
it would probably be best for both to be tagged as potentially hacked until they prove actual ownership of those accounts.