Where did you hear this? I just looked and I can’t find anything about it.
NIEMANN/CARLSEN DISCUSSING CHEAT SCANDAL! TAPE RECORDINGS LEAKED
They would not have got lawyers involved if it was a big ploy, since they will definitely have to pay them plus the court fees regardless.
Also Carlsen would not have rage-quitted and abandoned a tournament like a brainlet. And I definitely do not believe the St Louis Chess Club, which is quite reputed, would have agreed to any of this.
Not to mention the damage caused to the reputation of chess.com and potentially the St Louis Chess Club as well.
Definitely very very very unlikely.

Why in gods name would they start such a strange uproar in the chess world?
Well you see, most trolls are dumb kids who...
Oh you were asking about your theory, I was talking about you.

Why isn't this on Fox News.?
Or CNN, or MSNBC, or CBS, or NBC, or ABC, or the NYT, or WashPost, or endless others, etc.
ummmm....probably because it didn't happen LOL.
So again, why isn't this on Fox News?
Just when the Niemann cheat scandal finally dies down we are hit with a wave of new rumors that Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen allegedly masterminded the whole thing, and in fact cooperated fully by starting the cheating suspicion snowball rolling themselves. This newest twist in the story was brought to us through an actual voice recording between the two men as they hashed out the various details of the events that were to (and did) transpire.
I personally have yet to hear a copy of said recording as myself and others active in the chess world have relied on WOM for this newest bit. Be that as it may, the information came to me from a trusted source.
If anyone has a copy of the conversation or link thereto please share.
But the big question is: Why in gods name would they start such a strange uproar in the chess world?