It was blatantly obvious to reasonable people emotionally removed from Urban the conman. Once the conman had everyone convinced about the NSS the blinders went on. As gump would say, "the perfect crime".
We Nasty Bashers had it all figured out very early on, and posted about it a great deal
But they--and that would include Frizzy and West--wouldn't listen.
IBAFT:The original team was chased away from completing their goals with threats of prosecution, as they engaged in unlawful acts for the purposes of exposing the naked short.