The subject is running a career counseling business now and this is good publicity.
This is some sort of modern news urban legend. They definitely did lots and lots of hiring. The recruiters I met were all constantly busy.
People have loud mouths that ruin the fun for themselves, and others. Today, people just can't help but show off.
Hard to say. They could also be lying to further their (in)famy (maybe they never want another professional job), cast sour grapes where they used to work, or were paid to by some reporter who wants to keep the motor running on the story inflation machine. I think some of these stories are just fakes.