Says the guy who has his bitcoin forcibly parked on the exchange.

While I get your point, the fact remains they could've gone about this 200 other ways, and yet they haven't. Ask yourself, why would someone pick up a site which has one of the worst reputations right now, and put money into it, actually believing they can turn the reputation around?

They wouldn't, not anyone with sense.

Speculation: They could use it to skim off the top though, and all they have to do is keep it online and act like they're replenishing the lost money.