Still seems weird... Jagex is accepting appeals AND unbanning that quickly? They must:
1. Have nothing to do with the decreased activity.
2. Be desperate for money so they allowed the gold seller to continue to thrive.
3. Above but for activity.
It could have been just the way they handle JAG bans though... who knows. Even if you guys came to some secret deal, I like whatever resulted.
Assuming the current story is true, Trax would have repaid the guy. Why? Well he could have said the account was recovered but they removed all of the cash that was on it. It would have been effectively the same thing.