Didn't they admit to being connected after first lieing about it? To me it's like card counting it's not illegal but you know your not suppose to do it. In the old days if you got caught doing it they sent you a message not to try it in their joint again.
Again not taking sides just saying I understand. If you don't do this you run the risk of being another BI if you do you get a lot of bad press despite a great rep right before all this.