IIRC the block payments and shares ended up being paid out by someone who stepped in to help.
If you look in the mining pools topic you'll find information from around late January/February this year.
Sorry to necro, but here is the link to the resolving thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a1bitcoinpool-compensation-66387
It's an ongoing case. I've been contacted recently regarding repayment, too, so it might be resolved at some point. I just wanted to note that here as I intend to make sure his name is fully cleared on all relevant threads in case of repayment.