The service's onion is offline, which means police managed to seize the backend server
It's offline, unlike CM's .onion, which was seized. That's a big difference.Allow me to post selective quotes (read the whole article for the full context):
While we encourage responsible innovation in the digital asset ecosystem, we will not hesitate to take action against illicit actors.
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The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish but to bring about a positive change in behavior.
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The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish but to bring about a positive change in behavior.
btw, the account immediately had 3 neg trust 
That's just to prevent them from joining a signature campaign later 
Seriously though: 2 of the 3 negatives are for "impersonating". That can be clarified one small text file.
I'm pretty sure that's a government-controlled account
The only alternative is an impersonator with impeccable timing. That's not very likely.He is just a troll
Unlikely. The account was created 2.5 hours before fiod.nl published this article, and posted about it 6 minutes after publication.Quote
People from North Korea, where one among 100000 rarely has access on computer and internet, manage to create a group that plays with the USA like cat plays with mouse.
Food must be a very strong motivator 
Seriously though: that's not so hard to believe. Same for Iran. Most hackers have to fear prosecution. State hackers don't have that problem.