No, The name of the account and the credit card holder can be different.You just need to provide government ID and your memebershit will be delayed: https://developer.apple.com/support/purchase-activation/

In this case, it seems the two accounts used different names otherwise they would mentioned it already because it's huge evidence that the accounts are linked.

In the U.S., you can add authorized users to your credit cards, and they typically send you new cards that just have a different name, but for which the rest of the information is identical (same number, same CVV code, same expiration).

At least this was the case with the cards issued for authorized users I added to my Citi Double credit card account.

So you could have a single card number with multiple valid names/users.

Suspicion is fine with me. You could ask him via his twitter account. :)

I don't use twitter, but here is a tweet that suggests it isn't just about the credit card: https://twitter.com/JamesNnnn/status/785645305396027392

That's interesting and kinda important evidence that it's more about credit card and some devices.