Is this essentially the same site as the old one??????????
Yes, it’s the same site. Probably still has the FBI trolling the site too.
In theory...
The person complaining is the ousted moderator.
Don’t know any of the parties.
His claim is that the site is now compromised (turned over to authorities perhaps?)
Don’t know what to believe.
Essentially yes. I haven't looked but the website's IP address probably hasn't changed and it is on the same servers. It just registered a new domain name to point to the same IP address.
Here is a detailed explanation of how it all works: