So I guess her suggestion is to have $30k stashed to make up for lack of security. From what I read...she's still out money, even though she did get her domain back.
And then I called the wire transfer company and placed a stop on the payment.
It's unclear to me how this works. At first, it seems as though she and Anthony pursued this action independently, which would seem quite risky: risk of the apparently-fraudulent stop payment not being processed in time, or at all, resulting in the loss of 30k; risk of legal action from the seller, however seemingly ridiculous and unlikely, is scary. Later it sounds like maybe this was done with the FBI's blessing (point 5 under "Here's what to do").
I don't think she got her money back, it may be held, but the method in which she got her domain back involved money transfer. The FBI, was really just sprinkled in the article. I understand the shock in how they handled the case immediately taking statements, but the resolution she had involved her money to get her domain back.
I'm positive she would have gotten it back eventually even if it did sell to someone else and they took control, but it could have been a more lengthy process and her entire living is derived from the website and the business associated with it. Having it out of her control for any amount of time could have been very damaging.
I had a Flippa account with history and no visible connection to her so the seller did not know that I was working with the actual site owner and she was working with the FBI.
The investigation is still ongoing and I've had some interesting conversations with the seller (thief is more accurate) since the money was frozen.