You may or may not be correct that Monero is not untraceable but this example doesn't prove or disprove anything because the transaction wasn't entirely in Mone

You may or may not be correct that Monero is not untraceable but this example doesn't prove or disprove anything because the transaction wasn't entirely in Monero. Your argument seems to be about the traceability of the whole extortion process rather than the tech, which I think everyone agrees leaves a lot of room for error.