It has been noted on here already... but it seems they simply buy animals and then use the person who they bought off to up their own creed.
Blacklisting a breeder for selling them a snake is not an effective means of containing the situation, nor an appropriate one.
Anyone can buy a snake off a breeder, it in no way reflects an involvement on their part, just a lack of honesty on the part of ball bids for inferring there is a connection between them (which they have since admitted there is none).
Bruce