I think you misunderstood GP - he is saying they didn’t spoof trades, ie order executions, which is correct because you can’t spoof trades.
You are talking about spoofed orders.
A spoofed trade doesn’t really exist - the closest thing would be a wash trade, where you trade with yourself to make other people think a price is trading.
I see your point, and thank you for the clarification. I've often heard this referred to as "spoof trading" and "spoof orders" interchangeably. I could be mistaken, of course. For instance [1].
That's the definition of a spoof trade. [1]
> Spoofing is a form of market manipulation in which a trader places one or more highly-visible orders but has no intention of keeping them.
[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/spoofy.asp