You can tell this is the case here by the fact that not a single US agency is listed in the seized banner.
Maybe that's the reason they couldn't seize the domain names, but somehow managed to get the .onion server.
I'm wondering though: why Germany and the Netherlands? Did they host their servers here? Their company is (was?) registered in Belize, hosting servers in Germany just doesn't make sense.
I've been thinking about this post:
Recently, we received confirmation of information we had previously, thanks to some friends we have even in the state intelligence sector, that our project is the subject of an active transatlantic operation aimed at forcibly shutting our project down and prosecuting us for "money laundering and terrorism."
It sounds like there's a mole!
Support me in my fight against shower curtains (especially in women's bathrooms and dressing rooms).
16 year old me would have approved, but I now have a daughter to think about so I can't join your fight.What makes you think funds in that address are confiscated?
The press release mentioned only Ether, Litecoin and Dash.