> Wayne Beckett, founder of Hong-Kong-based Datapower Development, said Near, whose full name was David Kirk Ginder, was an employee and confirmed Ginder's death to USA TODAY.

from https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/07/23/how-toxic-onli...

That's hard enough for me to think it's legit, though I'd agree that it's not conclusive.