Wait, so two subsequent lead developers got caught allegedly doing illegal stuff (with actual evidence and matching police reports I am assuming, because I won’t read the article on that site), so now everyone else who liked the mod or worked on it are being punished for it?

Just get a new lead developer from the other developers already working on the mod and carry on. Its not the mod’s fault the former lead devs did what they allegedly (I can only assume since I have not seen any evidence) did.