We checked in, heard their demands; then we tried to respond to them.
We couldn't question the authenticity of the problem,
thought there were a plethora of inconsistencies in their pleas.
Difficult to check out.
You can build all the worlds you want, but the best security can't be observed.
You are committed to accept risks.
All of these people are doing science, it seems to me.
You need to be able to do that for more than a handful of papers.