I must imagine that insuring this kind of business would be prohibitively expensive if even possible (I truly do not know). So that makes Alitin's options: 1. Disappear 2. Repay immediately 3. Hope the perps are found and funds retrieved. 1. destroys their professional reputations in the cryptosphere and beyond. 2. If BTC price continues to rise, this is the smartest, cheapest option. 3. Funds retrieved is just so very highly unlikely and may leave them personally on the hook for the sum anyways. They may be scamming us all or they may be taking the best option they have at the moment, though some more transparency would certainly help.
I'm still fairly certain that BTCINVESTOR is involved in all this somehow if not a Forsyth himself. His account post history, and statements made are eerily similar to private comms I've had with people at Alitin.
At the very least, Alitin did not do their due diligence in having coins produced. On the edge of a coin you can read "2013 Medallic Art Company". This company was purchased years earlier by Northwest Territorial Mint. By the time Alitin had made the request to have these coins pressed there was already a slew of fraud and felony allegations and later convictions against Northwest Territorial Mint, some of which involved security issues. For a physical BTC that was to be "the new standard" wouldn't you at least vet the process/company used to mint your coins? This took all of 5 minutes and some googling. I'm not certain it was a Forsyth directly, but they have certainly directly profited from this whole thing. Fairly disgusting.