It's very unlikely that people who did no wrong were punished. It's far more likely they're just lying. Those in DEN were benefiting off the products of Predator, regardless if they personally used the tool or not. The nature of Predator means few people had to use it, but when they did it benefited many. Raiders in DEN and Cimmeria should've thought to ask why their timing was crazily successful, and it strikes me as very unlikely that there wasn't some kind of knowledge that it wasn't just luck or really good math.