1) The opening post on 2+2 was made at 6:43 am central time, three hours before the tweet . It has been 4 hours since the post was made and Pokerstars has yet to deny the claims. The moderators at 2+2 are leaving the thread open, a mod said a press release would be forthcoming.
2) The CEO of Chili Poker cannot afford to tweet false claims or ones he wasn't sure of, thus he's a legitimate source.
That's where we are at. This story is still developing, but I think, at this point, this is probably true.
Players fully refunded with a Stars monopoly.