[Challenger]

My guess is that most of us who are posting would settle for a simple accounting of all costs incured by the CDDs and total "reimbursement" of the those costs along with public disclosure of the names of those responsible for the "cutting".

Hardly seems like mob action.

If the cutters had come forward earlier, paid the fine and mitigation costs, and apologised, these issues would now be largely forgotten. They have chosen to do otherwise and now the "Piper's price is growing.

Now the "Friends" are incurring legal costs which would grow substantially if this festers into a criminal prosecution outcome