The account suspensions and gil reset leave a black mark on this game.

[Kherza]

Although I'd be incredibly annoyed if it was me that lost the gil, you have to unfortunately look at the bigger picture. Some of that gil that was taken never should have existed in the game in the first place. There is evidence to show that some people have used hacks to pretty much generate gil. Whether or not you earned the money legitimately on the Market is irrelevant, this money should never have existed in the first place.

Sadly, the same thing can happen in real life too. If you buy a stolen car in real life, whether you knew it or not, that car can be confiscated without any reimbursement to yourself.

This is exactly what I've been saying here and on Reddit. What happened to the crafters sucks, and they have my sympathy. But they were in possession of a lot of "dirty" gil and something had to be done.